exaltation
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7.6
- noun
- /ˌɛksəlˈteɪʃən/
:
euforia
- There are many signs evident in the liberation experience of Zen, such as ecstatic joy, exaltation, and strong emotions; the world seems to flood from the transcendent light, and superior and wonderful phenomena occur.
How odd it is that I'm constantly in a joyful state of exaltation without any particular reason.
- How odd it is that I'm constantly in a joyful state of exaltation without any particular reason.
Examples
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How odd it is that I'm constantly in a joyful state of exaltation without any particular reason.
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"In one creative thought, a thousand nights of love revive, filling it with sublimity and exaltation."
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And this thought for a long while placed him in a great state of exaltation.
Academic text (2007) -
Although there were only four of us, we had little prayer meetings every Sunday afternoon and we felt great spiritual exaltation.
Academic text (2000) -
Not in solitary exaltation, but when consciousness is swept on and up by "one common wave of hope and joy, lifting mankind again."
Academic text (2017) -
Spear walked the canyon road outside his Beverly Glen house in a terrific state of exaltation.
Fiction book (1999) -
Max Lerner wrote in 1957, "In the organic fusion of popular dance and music, Americans reach closer to a mass exaltation and a native idiom of religious feeling than in any other aspect of their lives."
Academic text (1999) -
Here, the strong tensions between vertical and horizontal, dark and light, surface and depth create a sense of dramatic exaltation that hypnotizes and absorbs the viewer.
Academic text (1993) -
My heart swells chock-full with exaltation as I announce the new crop, the chosen few who will leave this institute not simply as cadets, but as members of the proudest, deadliest, highest trained outfit in military school history.
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In that moment of triumphant exaltation, she felt as if she could conquer the world.
Synonyms
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6.1
A feeling of very great joy and excitement
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6.8
A very strong feeling of happiness and excitement
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6.9
A very strong feeling of great joy
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6.7
A feeling of strong, happy energy and excitement
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5.5
A very happy and excited feeling after a big success
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5.8
A strong, happy feeling of excitement
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7.9
A strong feeling of great joy often shown by loud shouts
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8.2
A very strong feeling of joy or excitement
A very strong feeling of deep happiness
Being carried away by a very strong feeling of joy or wonder
A strong feeling of joy or wonder that takes over someone
A strong feeling of happy excitement that makes you smile
A very strong feeling of admiration and excitement that inspires wonder
Antonyms
How Joyful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A feeling called exaltation comes from ex- 'up' and altus 'high', so it is like being emotionally 'lifted up'. That's why the word describes great joy or powerful emotion.