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elated

UK/ɪˈleɪtɪd/US/ɪˈleɪtɪd/
adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,130 of 15,258neutral

Elated means lifted up with sudden joy. Absolutely elated, elated by the news, elated and exhausted.

The lifting is in the word: the Latin means raised. It is stronger than pleased and shorter-lived than happy, which is why it suits results, births and rescues. Note elation; and that the sequence of being elated and then flat afterwards is well known enough to have a name in sport.

Definitions of elated

  1. 1adjectiveelatedLifted up with sudden joy.C2

    “She was elated when she heard she had got into her first-choice university.”

elated is a state of joy.

Where it comes from

Latin elatus means raised, the past participle of efferre, to carry out. Relate and translate come from the same carrying.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *telh₂- (bear)

  2. Latin

    elatus — raised

  3. English, today

    elated

Latin elatus (“raised”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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elated in the wild

  • Jimmy is elated to perform his stand-up comedy routines, but begins to suffer from unwanted erections and tries to resolve the problem.

    Erection Day

  • The Polish and Romanian teams were elated with their unexpected medals.

    2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

  • The trio worry about her absence, but are then elated when she returns from her night flight.

    Owl Babies

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.