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Definition: Elated |
ElatedAdjective1. Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited". 2. Full of high-spirited delight. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "elated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: ElatedSynonyms: gleeful (adj), joyful (adj), jubilant (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: dejected (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Boasting | Elate, elated; jubilant, triumphant, exultant; in high feather; flushed, flushed with victory;elate, elated; jubilant, triumphant, exultant; in high feather; flushed, flushed with victory; cock-a-hoop; on stilts. |
Cheerfulness | Elate, elated; exulting, jubilant, flushed; rejoicing;elate, elated; exulting, jubilant, flushed; rejoicing; cock-a-hoop. |
Hope | Adjective: hoping; Verb: in hopes; Noun: hopeful, confident; secure; (certain); sanguine, in good heart, buoyed up, buoyant, elated, flushed, exultant, enthusiastic; heartsome; utopian. |
Rejoicing | Adjective: rejoicing; Verb: jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Elated |
| English words defined with "elated": ecstasy, Elatedness ♦ fly high ♦ High-flushed, High-raised ♦ rapture, rise. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "elated": Turnips. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I am elated (Promise; performing artist: Eve 6) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | The first qualification in a general is a cool head - that is, a head which receives accurate impressions, and estimates things and objects at their real value. He must not allow himself to be elated by good news, or depressed by bad. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Elated" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 55.41% of the time. "Elated" is used about 74 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 55.41% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 24.32% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 14.86% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.41% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 74 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "elated": be elated ♦ become elated ♦ feel elated. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "elated": half-elated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
elated | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "elated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | në gjendje të gëzuar (elate), i ngazëllyer (elate, jubilant, rapturous). (various references) | |
Arabic | مبتهج (alacrity, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, debonair, delighted, delightful, elate, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, mellow, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, palmy, rejoicing, upbeat). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | въодушевен (elate, exalted), ликуващ (exultant, gleeful, jubilant). (various references) | |
Czech | v radostné náladì, povznesený (haughty). (various references) | |
French | exulté. (various references) | |
German | ermutigte (countenanced, emboldened, encouraged), ermutigt (elatedly, elates, emboldened, emboldens, encouraged, encourages). (various references) | |
Greek | συνερπασμένος. (various references) | |
Hungarian | fellelkesült (elate), felajzott (overstrung), emelkedett (arisen, elate, elevated, ennobling, exalted, high, lofty). (various references) | |
Italian | euforico (euphoric), esultante (exultant, jubilant). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 高然たる (proud, triumphant), 意気'高 (in high spirits), 意気'昂 (in high spirits), 昂然たる (proud, triumphant), 得意気 (proud). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いきけ""う (in high spirits), "うぜ"たる (magnanimous, official, open, overt, proud, public, triumphant, vast), とくい' (proud). (various references) | |
Manx | yrjit (drawn, elevated, exalted), troggit seose. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elateday.(various references) | |
Romanian | euforic (euphoric), entuziasmat (enthusiastic, in alt, passionate). (various references) | |
Russian | в приподнятом настроении, очень обрадовать/ .обрадованный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ushićen (bubbly, delighted, ecstatic, elate, jubilant, overjoyed, rapt, rapturous, thrilled). (various references) | |
Spanish | exaltado (ebullient, emotional, exalted, excitable, extreme, far out, hothead, hotheaded, impassioned, intense, light-headed, mad person, overexcited, worked up). (various references) | |
Swedish | upprymd (elevated, exhilarated, high, joyful). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งมีความสุขมาก. (various references) | |
Turkish | sevinçli (glad, gladsome, happy, jovial, joyful, joyous, mirthful, rejoicing), mutlu (blissful, blithe, chuffed, contented, delighted, felicitous, happy, merry, palmy, rejoicing), coşkun (ardent, boiling over, ebullient, effervescent, exalted, exuberant, fervent, frenzied, impetuous, overflowing, rhapsodic, rhapsodical, sharp). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | радісний (cheery, cock-a-hoop, elate, festal, glad, gleeful, heartwarming, joyful, joyous, jubilant, roseate, rosy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phấn khởi (elate), phấn chấn (bean-fed), hoan hỉ tự h o (elate), hãnh diện (elate), hân hoan (cheery, elate, exultant, gleeful, gleesome, joyful, triumphant). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | tumidus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "elated": elatedly, elatedness, elatednesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "elated": belated, chelated, corelated, correlated, crenelated, delated, disrelated, gelated, intercorrelated, interrelated, misrelated, regelated, related, uncorrelated, unrelated. (additional references) | |
Words containing "elated": belatedly, belatedness, belatednesses, interrelatedly, interrelatedness, interrelatednesses, relatedly, relatedness, relatednesses. (additional references) | |
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"Elated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alited, eateth, egated, elae, elaed, elat, elatel, elato, elawe, elete, elined, eliter, eltex, eyate, fellated, helated, lated, melated, Wellsted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "elated" (pronounced ulā"tud) |
| 6 | u l ā" t u d | belated, interrelated, related, unrelated. |
| 5 | -l ā" t u d | deflated, dilated, inflated, plated, slated, translated. |
| 4 | -ā" t u d | abated, annotated, awaited, baited, bated, berated, conjugated, created, dated, debated, desecrated, equated, fated, feted, gated, grated, hated, mated, misstated, negated, overrated, overweighted, predated, prorated, rated, reinstated, restated, sated, sedated, skated, stated, unabated, undated, underrated, unrated, unstated, updated, vacated, waited, weighted. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, backdated, bankrupted, batted, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, daunted, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unreconstructed, unregulated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, uplifted, uprooted, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, wanted, warranted, wasted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: delate. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-t" | |
-1 letter: dealt, delta, elate, lated, telae. | |
-2 letters: alee, dale, date, deal, deet, dele, delt, lade, late, lead, leet, tael, tale, teal, teed, teel, tela, tele. | |
-3 letters: ale, alt, ate, dal, dee, del, eat, eel, eld, eta, lad, lat, lea, led, lee, let, tad, tae, tea, ted, tee, tel. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, al, at, de, ed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-l-t" | |
+1 letter: alerted, altered, belated, bleated, cleated, dealate, deflate, delated, delates, exalted, gelated, latened, legated, metaled, petaled, pleated, related, teazled, treadle, valeted. | |
+2 letters: antlered, bedplate, chelated, dateable, dateless, dateline, dealated, dealates, decretal, deflated, deflater, deflates, delegate, delicate, depilate, desalted, desalter, desolate, detailed, detailer, detassel, editable, elatedly, elaterid, elevated, emulated, endplate, entailed, faltered, fellated, galeated, galleted, haltered, heatedly, lamented, lanceted, lappeted, lathered, leadiest, levanted, lineated, metalled, paltered, pedately, pedestal, petalled, pileated, reflated, replated, reslated, retailed, sedately, tableted, talented, tasseled, teaseled, teazeled, trameled, traveled, treadled, treadler, treadles. | |
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