exhilarationn.
/ɛɡˌzɪləˈreɪʃən/ 1. The action or means of exhilarating; a cheering or enlivening influence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > thing or person giving
exhilaration1623
fillip1699
exhilarator1807
turn-on1969
1623–6 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Exhileration.
1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 301 To use all..exhilarations for joy of the gods wedding.
1792 V. Knox Serm. xi. 247 This remedy..enlivens..by an unnatural exhilaration.
1864 H. W. Longfellow Falcon Federigo 139 There was..that wild exhilaration in the air.
2. The condition or feeling of being exhilarated.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun]
exaltationa1513
exhilaration1626
gusto1629
gust1635
warmth1749
zest1758
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun]
blithenessc1000
blithec1400
cheerfulness1435
chertec1449
jocundness1482
hilarity1568
cheerliness1571
good humour1571
exhilaration1626
cheerishness1645
geniality1652
jocundry1655
cheeriness1658
brightness1660
shine1710
flow of spirits1716
sunshine1717
genialness1727
festiveness1777
sunniness1829
riancy1834
gleesomeness1847
Euphrasia1882
hilariousness1885
blithesomeness1886
gayness1896
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §721 Exhilaration hath some Affinity with Joy.
1800 T. Cogan Philos. Treat. Passions i. ii. 63 Every species of torpor is subdued, an exhilaration succeeds.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxiv. 231 A bill of fare that might kindle exhilaration in the breast of a misanthrope.
1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) x. v. 388 The feeling of..exhilaration will last for several hours.
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