exhilaration

English

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exhilaration (countable and uncountable, plural exhilarations)

1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
2. The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated.

Related terms

• exhilarate
• hilarious
• Hilary

Translations

the act of enlivening the spirits

• Bulgarian: ободряване (bg) n (obodrjavane), развеселяване (bg) n (razveseljavane)
• German: Erheiterung (de) f
• Spanish: regocijo (es) m

the state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated

• German: Heiterkeit (de) f, Euphorie (de) f
• Italian: euforia (it) f, eccitazione (it) f
• Russian: оживле́ние (ru) n (oživlénije)