Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Exultantly proud and joyful.
Wiktionary
- adj. Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of elate.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. full of high-spirited delight
- adj. exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits
Etymologies
- Latin elatus ("raised"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Mr Davies told the BBC's Abbie Jones that "the word elated doesn't really quite cover it".”
“Invariably, she says, her patients are "elated" -- some so much that they come back for multiple sessions.”
“Manic mood, frequently characterized as elated and grandiose, is often as not riddled by depression, panic, and extreme irritability.”
“Gillard's parents 'elated' JULIA Gillard's Adelaide-based parents John and Moira are "elated" by their daughter's "bewildering" ascent to the nation's top office.”
“Ms. Henry says she remembers being "elated" that Evelyn was able to receive Avastin.”
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“It was really interesting experience for me, really unique in coaching for me — while we lost the game I had this kind of elated feeling.”
“Mr. Yoshimitsu said his group was "elated" with the governor's decision.”
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“Although she was "elated" to learn the leaking well had been capped, the news came on the same day she learned that only rig workers, not the businesses that service them, are eligible for”
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“Speaking after the visit, Mbalula said he was "elated" and "over the moon" to see the children had a firm commitment to their social responsibility in building a diverse nation.”
“The Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) said on Friday it was "elated" by the power sharing deal reached in Zimbabwe.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘elated’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
waspiness, upraisers, strainers, sporangia, raspiness, prelatess, methanals, gaspiness, washings, uprisers, upraises, upraiser and 2373 more...
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2nd part
prelude, ample, escalate, prototype, accession, acquisition, archives, zealot, indict, verdict, intimidating, timid and 454 more...
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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On with their heads!
Words that make other words with the addition of one letter at the beginning. The resulting words are tagged "behead".
men, his, yes, any, iota, limb, aged, laid, land, lead, read, word and 327 more...
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This Boy's Life list 2
treacly, sepulchral, unutterable, malicious, vigilance, Aryan, lackey, plausible, emaciated, cavernous, perspicacity, scabrous and 13 more...
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
zugzwang, valhalla, montalvo, ishist, tritons, mosh, siam, llano del rio, protohuman, tumbleweeds, ludwigshafen, ballyhoos and 349 more...
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Happy, happy, joy, joy.
Feel good words.
great pleasure, joyfulness, jubilation, triumph, exultation, rejoicing, happiness, gladness, exhilaration, exuberance, bliss, felicity and 95 more...
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GCI
spinster, maiden, happy-go-lucky, homonym, ill-at-ease, saw red, out of sorts, hot under the collar, taken aback, pen-names, alias, shoelaces and 378 more...
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generationnext's Words
petulant, vehement, pensive, lascivious, vacillate, histrionic, satiated, svelte, lithe, zeitgeist, viscous, sommelier and 526 more...
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schadenfreude, quixotic, serendipity, loquacious, ubiquitous, aforementioned, inherently, superfluous, dissonance, tersely, poignant, plethora and 108 more...
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Words I Know
List of most of the words I've learned
garner, abase, abate, abdicate, abduct, aberration, abet, abhor, abide, abject, abjure, abnegation and 1046 more...
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Personal Vocabulary List
All my favourite words that I come across!
veritable, incongruence, rigamorole, letcherous, revolting, repulsive, reputrid, rapatious, forays, guise, placate, paradigm and 1162 more...
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GRE
abate, abdicate, aberrant, abhor, abjure, abrasive, abridge, abstain, acme, activism, adhere, admonish and 195 more...
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mstuckings's Words
defenestrate, lacklustre, vulgarise, simplistic, generative, astonished, elated, strident, aliquot, deliquescent, pipette, subjunctive and 104 more...
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classic695's Words
delighted, elated, energetic, excited, enthusiastic, elevated, happy, contented, fine, pleased, satisfied, compassionate and 168 more...
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