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Definition: Exhilaration |
ExhilarationNoun1. The feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "exhilaration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references) |
Etymology: Exhilaration \Ex*hil`a*ra"tion\, noun. [Latin expression, exhilaratio.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ExhilarationSynonym: excitement (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cheerfulness | Mirth, merriment, hilarity, exhilaration; laughter; merrymaking; (amusement); heyday, rejoicing; marriage bell. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Exhilaration |
| English words defined with "exhilaration": grave accent ♦ laughing gas. (references) |
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Screenplays | Exhilaration is my department. (Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love; writing credit: Helena Kriel; Mira Nair) | |
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| "Exhilaration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exhilaration" is used about 140 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 140 | 26,789 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "exhilaration": half-exhilaration. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
exhilaration | 6 |
as exhilaration experience flight free learn | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "exhilaration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gaz (cheer, cheerfulness, fluid, fume, gaiety, gas, glee, jamboree, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, liveliness, merriment, merriness, mirth, rattle, rollick, sunshine, tittup, waggery), dehje (fuddle, inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تهلل (exult, exultation, glory, jubilate, ravishment), إنتعاش (recovery, resuscitation, revival, swell), إبتهاج (acclamation, airiness, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, ecstasy, exultation, festival, festivity, gaiety, joy, jubilation, lustiness, pleasure, rejoicing, spree, sunshine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | развеселяване (jollification), веселие (cheer, frolic, glee, hilarity, jollity, junket, lark, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, revel), оживеност (brio, liveliness, vivacity), ободряване (rally, recreation, refreshment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 豪兴. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | veselí (amusement, cheerfulness, festivity, glee, jollification, merriment, mirth, rejoicing, spree), rozjařenost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | euphorie, vivification. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erheiterung (amusement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χαρά (delight, delight in, elation, gladness, glee, joy, mirth, rejoicing), αγαλλίαση (exultation, jubilation, rapture, ravishment, rejoicing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שמח" (cheer, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, joy, mirth), "ר ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vidámság (alacrity, animation, bonhomie, cheerfulness, chirpiness, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gayness, glee, happiness, hilarity, jauntiness, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, light-heartedness, marry-making, merriment, merriness, mirth, pleasantry, rejoicings, serenity), lelkesültség (exaltation), jókedv (animal spirits, cheerfulness, chirpiness, flow of spirits, fun, gaiety, gayness, good humor, good humour, high spirits, hilarity, humor, humour, jollity, joy, let off, merriness, mirth, pleasantry, vivacity), felvidítás, derültség (serenity), életkedv (pep, vim), életöröm, élénkség (animation, dash, friskiness, gaiety, ginger, go, liveliness, mercuriality, movement, pep, quickness, snap, sprightliness, vivacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kegembiraan (excitement, excuberance, gaiety, gladness, happiness, joy, mirth, rhapsody). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | euforia (elation, euphoria), esilarare (exhilarate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 괘. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yrjaghey (draw, elate, elation, elevation, enhance, exalt, exaltation, exhilarate, go up, heighten, hoist, raise, retract, rise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | exhilarationay satisfação (accomplishment, apology, assuagement, cheer, content, contents, dribbling, enjoyment, fulfilment, fulgent, gleed, glut, gratefulness, gratification, indulgence, pride, rejoicing, relish, reparation, satisfaction, zest), roscado (screwed, threaded), alegria (bliss, cheer, conviviality, delight, enjoyment, exultant, felicity, frolic, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, Hill, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, jovian, joy, joyless, jubilant, jubilee, lighthouse, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rejoicing, sunshine, vivacity, whoopee). (various references) bunãvoie (benevolence, goodwill), bucurie (cheerfulness, comfort, delight, ecstasy, enjoyment, exultation, felicity, gayety, gladness, glee, gusto, happiness, joy, merriment, merriness, mirth, pleasure, rapture, raptures, treat), înveselire. (various references) радостное настроение, возбуждение (ebullience, ebulliency, effervescence, effervescency, excitation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, field, flurry, fluster, fume, incitement, irritation, kick, thrill, twitter). (various references) stimulisanost, razveseljenost. (various references) efecto tónico, regocijo (amusement, gaiety, gladness, joy, joyfulness, merriment, rejoicing), acento (accent, accent mark, accentuation, emphasis, stress, supersign). (various references) upprymdhet (elation, elevation, joyfulness), upplivande (animation, cheering, life giving), uppiggande (bracing, brisk, exhilarant, restorative, stimulating), munterhet (cheer, gaiety, glee, hilarity, jocosity, jocundity, jollity, joyfulness, merriment, merriness, mirth, risibility). (various references) neşe (brightness, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, esprit, frolic, gaiety, glee, hilarity, humor, humour, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, merriment, mirth, pleasantry, raciness, rejoicing, spirit, sprightliness, sunshine, vivacity), keyif (bliss, cheer, conviviality, delight, enchantment, glee, high spirits, humor, humour, joviality, joy, Kef, pleasure, rejoicing, temper), canlılık (alacrity, animation, bounce, brightness, brio, buoyancy, color, colour, crispness, dynamics, elan, friskiness, ginger, life, liveliness, lustiness, perkiness, quickness, raciness, richness, saturation, spiritedness, sprightliness, stamina, stir, verve, vivacity, vividness). (various references) сп'яніння (drunkenness, fuddle, inebriation, intoxication, wine), веселість (airiness, cheerfulness, conviviality, festivity, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, joviality), пожвавлення (animation, cheer, ginger, merriment, reactivation, zing). (various references) niềm vui vẻ, niềm h" hởi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | effusio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exhilaration": exhilarations. (additional references) | |
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"Exhilaration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exhilarationg, exhileration, exhiliration, exhillaration, exhilleration, exilaration. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "exhilaration" (pronounced igzi'lerā"shun) |
| 6 | -l er ā" sh u n | acceleration, coloration, deceleration, declaration, discoloration, exploration, toleration. |
| 5 | -er ā" sh u n | aberration, admiration, adoration, agglomeration, alteration, amelioration, aspiration, cogeneration, collaboration, commemoration, confederation, configuration, conglomeration, consideration, cooperation, corporation, corroboration, decoration, degeneration, deliberation, desperation, elaboration, enumeration, evaporation, exaggeration, exasperation, exoneration, expiration, federation, figuration, generation, inauguration, incarceration, incorporation, inspiration, laceration, liberation, maturation, moderation, nonproliferation, operation, perforation, perspiration, preparation, proliferation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, recuperation, redecoration, refrigeration, regeneration, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, reparation, respiration, restoration, reverberation, saturation, separation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abomination, abrogation, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, altercation, amalgamation, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogitation, cohabitation, collectivization, colonization, colorization, combination, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, coordination, coronation, correlation, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, decentralization, decertification, decontamination, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evocation, exacerbation, examination, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhortation, exhumation, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, explanation, explication, exploitation, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, incantation, incapacitation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfirmation, recreation, recrimination, rectification, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refutation, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reinterpretation, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-i-i-l-n-o-r-t-x" | |
-2 letters: exhalation, relaxation. | |
-3 letters: alienator, inhalator, rationale. | |
-4 letters: aeration, aerolith, anorexia, anthelia, anthelix, antheral, antihero, exhalant, hairline, halation, hetairai, horntail, inertial, laxation, notarial, oriental, rational, relation, relaxant, triaxial, xenolith. | |
-5 letters: aeolian, aileron, airhole, airline, alation, alienor, althorn, anethol, another, anthrax, antiair, elation, enthral, ethanol, exilian, hairnet, hernial, hetaira, hotline, inearth, inertia, inhaler, inherit, inthral, lathier. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-i-i-l-n-o-r-t-x" | |
+1 letter: exhilarations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 68 69 6C 61 72 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- .... .. .-.. .- .-. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01101000 01101001 01101100 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x h i l a r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0068 0069 006C 0061 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)399074757867846786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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