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

This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.

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How does the nation reward its most exalted citizens?

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

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

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

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Related Words

• elevated 
• illustrious 
• inflated 
• lofty 
• sublime