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elation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | high spirits, lightness |
| Type of | joyousness, joy, joyfulness |
| Has types | euphoria, euphory |
| Derivation | elate |
elation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | psychological condition, psychological state, mental condition, mental state |
| Has types | walking on air, blissfulness, cloud nine, high, seventh heaven, bliss |
| Derivation | elate |
Examples of elation
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In future, when I feel angry or unforgiving, I am to think of that pure elation.
From the metro.co.uk
Person's notes burst out with elation as if his chorus can rejuvenate the world.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
As I dashed away, heart pounding, I felt a mixture of elation and mortification.
From the guardian.co.uk
As you can imagine, my school's response wasn't exactly one of immense elation.
From the guardian.co.uk
Now, their elation at Steve Bronson's arrest in December has turned to anguish.
From the orlandosentinel.com
This will be the type of affair that makes tongues wag with scandalous elation.
From the denverpost.com
I have been known to down grape drink and vodka in moments of particular elation.
From the theatlantic.com
But there's no spark of genius, no giddy elation that makes a song a sensation.
From the bostonherald.com
Sure there is elation after you finish something but that wares off very quickly.
From the positivesharing.com
- An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression
- A feeling of joy and pride
- (elated) exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited"
- (elated) full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart"
- (elating) making lively and joyful
- Carnival Elation is a Fantasy class cruise ship owned by Carnival Cruise Lines. She currently sails year round four, five, and seven night cruises to the Western Caribbean out of Mobile, Alabama, which recently replaced the Carnival Fantasy, which moved to Charleston, South Carolina.
- (Elative (gradation)) In Semitic linguistics, the elative is a stage of gradation in Arabic that can be used both for a superlative and comparative. The Arabic elative has a special inflection similar to that of colour adjectives, though differing in certain details. ...
- (elated) Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased
- (elated) (adj.) overjoyed, thrilled (When he found out he had won the lottery, the postman was elated.)
