exhilaration | Definition of exhilaration

Synonyms and Antonyms of exhilaration

1 a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings

the lavish spectacle results in one exhilaration after another

Synonyms of exhilaration

bang, boot, charge, frisson, jollies, kick, rush, thrill, titillation, wallop

Words Related to exhilaration

arousal, buzz, electrification, high, intoxication

jolt, shock, surprise (also surprize)

delectation, delight, enjoyment, joy, lift, pleasure

amusement, diversion, entertainment, fun, treat

2 a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

the exhilaration of victory that spectators get to witness at the Olympic Games

Synonyms of exhilaration

cloud nine, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, heaven, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transport

Words Related to exhilaration

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure

reverie, trance

fervor, frenzy, madness, passion

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness

Near Antonyms of exhilaration

misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness

blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes

Antonyms of exhilaration