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E/Elated

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Elated

Feeling or showing great happiness, delight, or excitement.

adjective

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Imagine This

A businessman was extremely happy when his manager raised his salary.

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Sounds Like

ih-LAY-tid

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Looks Like

Elevated (raise)

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Remember This

Elated shares a root with elation; elation is the noun form referring to intense happiness, while elated describes the feeling.

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Other Forms

elateverb

elationnoun

elatedadjective

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Connect With

delighted, overjoyed, jubilant, ecstatic, exultant, blissful

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Note

Use elated to describe intense happiness in response to good news. It conveys a stronger sense of joy than simply 'happy.' Do not confuse with 'elate' (verb) or 'elation' (noun).

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Study Deeper

Examples

She was elated to learn that she had been accepted into her dream college.
The team felt elated after winning the championship.

Synonyms

delightedecstaticexultantjubilantoverjoyed

Antonyms

saddepressedmiserable

Etymology

From Middle English elate, from Latin elatus 'carried up, raised', past participle of effero 'to bring forth, lift up'. The noun elation comes from this root as well.

Mnemonic

ELATED = ELEVATED mood: remember that elated describes a mood that has been raised up, like a mood that's elevated.

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