exhilaration

[ ig-zil-uh-rey-shuhn ]

/ ɪgˌzɪl əˈreɪ ʃən /

exhilarated condition or feeling.

the act of exhilarating.

Origin of exhilaration

First recorded in 1615–25, exhilaration is from the Late Latin word exhilarātiōn- (stem of exhilarātiō). See exhilarate, -ion

1 animation, joyousness, jollity, hilarity.

The exhilaration is short-lived, though, because Carey basically blue balls us.

‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’ Review: We. We Are Underwhelmed |Kevin Fallon |May 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Sorry, I need to have the exhilaration to enjoy it with someone else (and about 450,000 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook).

Binge Watching is Lame and Lonely |Roland S. Martin |February 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As Explorer Gene makes clear, whether inherited or learned, a taste for the exhilaration of discovery is a hard thing to shake.

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As we walked, my nerves melted and a sense of exhilaration took over.

Walking With Wildebeests: Exploring the Serengeti on Foot |Joanna Eede |July 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

It opens in the middle of a battlefield sequence—the only one depicted in the film—but the exhilaration is fleeting.

Is Steven Spielberg’s Historical Epic, ‘Lincoln,’ Really That Great? |Marlow Stern |November 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Then, from an undercurrent of exhilaration, it occurred to her that she had never laughed so in all these years.

Tiverton Tales |Alice Brown
Now that this plan of action was clearly outlined, he began to feel the exhilaration of the race.

Carry On! |Herbert Strang
There was an agreeable sense of buoyancy and exhilaration in the air.

Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905 |Various
I have never elsewhere experienced so cool and perfect an exhilaration,—physical exhilaration, that is.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 |Various
And what is exhilaration in the dry tree may be sustained working keenness in the green.

International Language |Walter J. Clark