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How to pronounce exhilaration in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms excitement
Type of joyfulness, joyousness, joy
Has types flush, intoxication, kick, rush, thrill, bang, titillation, boot, charge
Derivation exhilarate

Examples of exhilaration

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Still, it does bring a lot of exhilaration to the common, calm Sunday afternoon.
From the nytimes.com
Nobody can beat the exhilaration of a pessimist who thinks the end-time has come.
From the time.com
Gainesville exhaled in exhilaration and Tebow gleefully pointed to the heavens.
From the fresnobee.com
For Obama, however, the exhilaration was tempered by a dose of political reality.
From the usatoday.com
It's the exhilaration of a downhill run, sinking a jump shot, holing a long putt.
From the time.com
I never could have imagined feeling like this again, this sort pure exhilaration.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The sense of exhilaration floods back every time my mind returns to that morning.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Even so, a trace of exhilaration was evident in their weary, anxious countenances.
From the washingtonpost.com
Then, the final exhilaration of the hostages as they realize they have been freed.
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More examples
  • The feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"
  • (exhilarated) gladdened: made joyful; "the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive"
  • (exhilarating) making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air"
  • The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening; The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated
  • (exhilarating) Refreshingly thrilling
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  • The state of being stimulated, refreshed or extremely happy.