rollercoaster
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- noun
- /ˈroʊlərˌkoʊstər/
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montaña rusa
- Ron Wolfe takes us on a terrific emotional rollercoaster ride in "Our Friend Electricity."
And to ensure that they go through that whole emotional rollercoaster of your of your experience.
- And to ensure that they go through that whole emotional rollercoaster of your of your experience.
- It's a mix of awful emotional rollercoaster and really exhilarating at the same time.
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The battle of the blogs has been a rollercoaster for the past decade.
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Good luck to all mamas on this incredible rollercoaster we call motherhood. xoxox
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It's a real rollercoaster ride, this one.
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...this is gonna be an emotional rollercoaster.
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I've been in so many rollercoaster relationships.
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The play is a total emotional rollercoaster, but that's kind of what I love about it.
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I love this show but am on an emotional rollercoaster related to Fitz and Olivia.
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It was a rollercoaster ride of questions and answers, and it was a euphoric moment of just having finally broken through and discovered something.
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I am approaching the 2-month mark on this most terrible of rollercoaster rides known as suicide survivor's grief.
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The past year has been an emotional rollercoaster for Kate and Gerry McCann.
Synonyms
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3.4
A situation with sudden extreme changes in mood or luck
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An exciting, fast attraction at an amusement park like a roller coaster
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An experience with many sudden ups and downs in feelings or events
A situation with many sudden big changes in feelings and events
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Etymology
Rollercoaster comes from the fast amusement park ride and is made of roller (from 'roll', to move by turning) and coaster (from 'coast', to glide). So people call any situation a rollercoaster when it has many 'ups and downs', like quick changes in feelings or events.