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Adjective: elated  i'ley-tid
  1. Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits
    "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited"
     
  2. Full of high-spirited delight
    - gleeful, joyful, jubilant, cock-a-hoop [informal], gleesome [archaic], on top of the world [informal]
Verb: elate  i'leyt
  1. Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
    "Music can elate your spirits";
    - lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate

See also: euphoric, exhilarated, exultant, exulting, gladdened, happy, high, in high spirits, joyous, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, sublime [archaic], triumphal, triumphant, uplifted

Type of: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir

Antonym: dejected

Encyclopedia: Elated

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