exalted

[ig-zawl-tid]

adjective

1. raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station.

   an exalted personage.

   Synonyms: grand, sublime

2. noble or elevated; lofty.

   an exalted style of writing.

3. rapturously excited.

Other Word Forms

• exaltedly adverb
• exaltedness noun
• self-exalted adjective
• unexalted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exalted¹

First recorded in 1585–95; exalt + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Matthew 23: “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the more exalted level of national politics, cultural stagnation is a dive into tackiness and kitsch.

From Salon

It was a ferocious performance and an exalted one of gripping intensity.

From Los Angeles Times

It screamed watershed moment, the forever luckless Clippers outfoxing the eternally exalted Lakers for the services of not one, but two superstars.

From Los Angeles Times

It is exalted and sweaty, uplifted and earthy; it is many things at once.

From Salon

Related Words

• elevated 
• illustrious 
• inflated 
• lofty 
• sublime