elated

[ ih-ley-tid ]
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adjective
  1. very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits: an elated winner of a contest.

Origin of elated

1
First recorded in 1605–15; elate + -ed2

Other words for elated

Opposites for elated

Other words from elated

  • e·lat·ed·ly, adverb
  • e·lat·ed·ness, noun
  • su·per·e·lat·ed, adjective
  • un·e·lat·ed, adjective

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How to use elated in a sentence

  • Before having her drinks she is unelated and uninformed like a corpse coldly electrified by a storage battery.

    I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLane
  • Yet her triumph somehow found her unelated, even a shade depressed.

    The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell Cullum
  • Like your jug of cold water among the wine-flasks, it leaves you unelated among the elated ones.

    The Confidence-Man | Herman Melville
  • Unelated by what she felt to be merely her due, Miss Conklin was silent for a time.

    Elder Conklin | Frank Harris

British Dictionary definitions for elated

elated

/ (ɪˈleɪtɪd) /


adjective
  1. full of high spirits, exhilaration, pride or optimism; very happy

Derived forms of elated

  • elatedly, adverb
  • elatedness, noun

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