EXHILARATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The feeling of lively and cheerful joy

Example:

he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed

Synonyms:

excitement; exhilaration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("exhilaration" is a kind of...):

joy; joyfulness; joyousness (the emotion of great happiness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhilaration"):

bang; boot; charge; flush; kick; rush; thrill (the swift release of a store of affective force)

intoxication (excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety)

titillation (a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling))

Derivation:

exhilarate (fill with sublime emotion)