Elated
[ɪ'leɪtɪd] or [ɪ'letɪd]
Definition
(adj.) exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; 'the elated winner'; 'felt elated and excited' .
(adj.) full of high-spirited delight; 'a joyful heart' .
Typist: Nelly--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Elate
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cheered, joyed, inspirited, overjoyed, proud, inflated
ANT:Depressed, dispirited, disappointed, abashed, confounded, humiliated,disconcerted, dejected
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Examples
- I neither was crushed nor elated by her lands and gold; I thought not of them, cared not for them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He acted very elated now. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You elated my pride beyond all the bounds of humility; you blessed me with more than human happiness, but to destroy my peace for ever! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But you mustn't fancy,' cried the gentleman, quite elated by coming so happily to his point. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Man walked forth, elated with the scene; and all was brightness and splendour. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The sick man smiled also, elated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I knew you would be,' cried Fagin, elated by the success of his proposal. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They were silent for many minutes, she was pleased and elated like a child. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But, when night came, and with her veiled eyes beheld him stumping towards Boffin's Bower, he was elated too. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was rather elated than otherwise, and the poor woman turned sadly away. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I liked this scheme, and Provis was quite elated by it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Hutton was so elated at the verification of his view that the Scotch guides thought he had struck gold, or silver at the ve ry least. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Oliver, quite elated and honoured by a sense of his importance, faithfully promised to be secret and explicit in his communications. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But he felt vividly elated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But his godson was much too elated to mark the worthy stockbroker's depression, or the dreary eyes which the kind old gentleman cast upon him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Strangely elated, Gerald also lifted his eyes to the face of the wooden figure. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Was it his successful onset which had elated him, or the satisfaction of helping Mary's father? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her success excited, elated, and then bored her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Elated by his device, he carried his chest in again and went to supper. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For, though elated by his rank, it did not render him supercilious; on the contrary, he was all attention to everybody. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She was glad to be independent as to property; by fits she was even elated at the notion of being lady of the manor, and having tenants and an estate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When he received this appointment he was both elated and appalled. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Upon the whole my spirits were violently elated this evening. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He was much elated, and caused the envoys to be seated; then he ordered wine and music for himself and them and grape-syrup for the pilgrim. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For he was strangely elated at Rupert's offer. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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