Associations to the word «Exhilaration»

Wiktionary

EXHILARATION, noun. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
EXHILARATION, noun. The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated.

Dictionary definition

EXHILARATION, noun. The feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats