exhilaration
/ɪɡˌzɪɫɝˈeɪʃən/
a feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation
exhilaration in a sentence
“The exhilaration of skydiving is indescribable.”
Origin of exhilaration
Latin exhilarare to make cheerful, from ex- thoroughly + hilaris cheerful
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