Elate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈleɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Elate is a verb meaning (transitive) To make joyful or proud.
Meaning
(transitive) To make joyful or proud.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To lift up; raise; elevate.
- Elated; exultant.
- (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
Example Sentences
c. 1707, Elijah Fenton, a letter to the Knight of the Sable Shield with upper lip elate
Oh thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate.
Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.
That happy minute would elate me, / End all my sorrow, grief, and cares; / Then do not frown, altho' you hate me, / But smile and dissipate my fears: […]
Word Forms
- elates
- elating
- elated
Synonyms for elate
Depending on context, synonyms include hearten, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright.
Antonyms for elate
Common opposites include dismay, deject, demoralize, dispirit.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include uplift, pick up, lift up, intoxicate, overjoy, gladden.
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