exhilaration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
    excitement.
    • he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed

WordNet

Ex*hil`a*ra"tion noun
Etymology
L., exhilaratio.
Definitions
  1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
  2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful.
    Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. Bacon.
    Syn. -- Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.

Webster 1913