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exhilaration

[ ig-zil-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. exhilarated condition or feeling.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. the act of exhilarating.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of exhilaration1

First recorded in 1615–25, exhilaration is from the Late Latin word 󾱱پō- (stem of 󾱱پō ). See exhilarate, -ion
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The exhilaration I came to experience entailed a fair amount of exasperation.

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But look a bit closer, reading between the gobs of fleshy, rust-colored tail juice, and you’ll find that Ylfa’s exhilaration communicates much more than one person’s epicurean eccentricities.

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But exhilaration runs neck and neck with exhaustion.

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It was created as an antidote to the prickly, male-dominated world of dive bar pool — all the exhilaration without the bickering turf wars with bar regulars.

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As a game plan, it remains a terrible beauty, a thing of exhilaration and exasperation depending on the day.

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