rollercoaster experience
- noun
- /ˈroʊlərˌkoʊstər ɪkˈspɪəriəns/
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experiencia de montaña rusa
- The merger turned out to be a rollercoaster experience for everyone involved, with many unexpected ups and downs.
Examples
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Starting my own business has been a rollercoaster experience—some days are exhilarating, others completely nerve-wracking.
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What a rollercoaster experience it has been!
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Her first year at university was a real rollercoaster experience, full of challenges and triumphs.
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This year has been a rollercoaster experience for our team!
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The team's season was a rollercoaster experience, with unexpected wins and heartbreaking losses every week.
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Her relationship was a rollercoaster experience, filled with intense highs and painful lows.
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Moving to a new country can be a rollercoaster experience, as you adapt to different cultures and communities.
Synonyms
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3.4
A situation with sudden extreme changes in mood or luck
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3.6
An exciting, fast attraction at an amusement park like a roller coaster
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3.5
A situation with many sudden highs and lows in feelings
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4.0
An experience with many sudden ups and downs in feelings or events
Antonyms
How Turbulent
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'rollercoaster' (the ride with rapid ups and downs) and 'experience' can readily infer an experience characterized by emotional or situational highs and lows. The metaphorical use is directly compositional and cross-linguistically familiar, so the overall meaning is immediately recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
Rollercoaster experience comes from the loud, fast amusement-park ride: a rollercoaster lifts you high, drops you suddenly and twists so your feelings jump up and down. That's why a rollercoaster experience means a time with many sudden emotional 'ups and downs'.