Elate

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  • transitive verb. To fill with great joy or happiness; delight.
  • adjective. Elated.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To raise; exalt; elevate.
  • To raise or swell, as the mind or spirits; elevate with satisfaction or gratification; puff up; make proud.
  • Raised; lifted up.
  • Exalted in feeling; elated.
  • Synonyms Exultant, jubilant, exhilarated, overjoyed, puffed up, proud.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Lifted up; raised; elevated.
  • adjective. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.
  • transitive verb. To raise; to exalt.
  • transitive verb. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make joyful or proud.
  • verb. To lift up; raise; elevate.
  • adjective. elated; exultant
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
    • Word Usage
    "There was no mistake — ­pressure to pressure, warmth to warmth, and with an elate thrill he felt her breathe against him."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    annoy  depress  
    Form
    elated  elating  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    excite  shake  shake up  stimulate  stir  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    beatify  exalt  exhilarate  inebriate  puff  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ate  Cate  Est  Fate  Haight  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Eurocrat  armoure  brasse  breeziness  combin  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    animated  brighten  buoy  cheer  cheer up  
    verb-form
    elated  elates  elating  
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