Elated
Feeling or showing great happiness, delight, or excitement.
adjectiveElated
Feeling or showing great happiness, delight, or excitement.
adjectiveImagine This
A businessman was extremely happy when his manager raised his salary.
Sounds Like
ih-LAY-tid
Looks Like
Elevated (raise)
Remember This
Elated shares a root with elation; elation is the noun form referring to intense happiness, while elated describes the feeling.
Other Forms
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delighted, overjoyed, jubilant, ecstatic, exultant, blissful
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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- She was elated to learn that she had been accepted into her dream college.
- The team felt elated after winning the championship.
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.
ELATED = ELEVATED mood: remember that elated describes a mood that has been raised up, like a mood that's elevated.
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