elated adj

1 exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited" [ant: dejected]

2 full of high-spirited delight [syn: gleeful, joyful, jubilant]

English

Etymology

Latin elatus 'raised'.

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased.

   She was elated with her new car.

Synonyms

• ecstatic
• euphoric
• exultant
• joyful
• jubilant
• overjoyed

Derived terms

• elatedly (adverb)
• elation (noun)

Translations

• Finnish: haltioissaan, lumoissaan
• French: transporté (e) de joie

Verb

elated

1. past of elate

beaming, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bloated, bloated with pride, bright, bright and sunny, bursting with happiness, carried away, cheerful, cheery, chuffed, cock-a-hoop, crowing, delighted, delighting, ecstatic, elate, elevated, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, entranced, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, excited, exhilarated, exultant, exulting, flushed, flushed with pride, freaked out, genial, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gloating, glowing, happy, high, hopeful, imparadised, in ecstasies, in good spirits, in heaven, in high feather, in high spirits, in paradise, in raptures, in seventh heaven, irrepressible, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughing, of good cheer, on cloud nine, optimistic, overjoyed, overjoyful, pleasant, pleased as Punch, possessed, puffed up, radiant, rapt, raptured, rapturous, ravished, rejoicing, rhapsodic, riant, rosy, sanguine, sanguineous, sent, smiling, sparkling, sunny, swollen, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, transported, triumphant, turned-on, uplifted, winsome