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ELATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

Example:

Music can uplift your spirits

Synonyms:

elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "elate" is one way to...):

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)

Cause:

joy; rejoice (feel happiness or joy)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "elate"):

beatify (make blessedly happy)

puff (make proud or conceited)

beatify; exalt; exhilarate; inebriate; thrill; tickle pink (fill with sublime emotion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The good news will elate her

The performance is likely to elate Sue

Antonym:

depress (lower someone's spirits; make downhearted)

Derivation:

elation (a feeling of joy and pride)

elation (an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression)

Credits

 Context examples: 

So, while Martin poured out his heart to her, elated with the first success his chosen work in the world had received, she paid heed to his bare words only, gazing now and again about the room, shocked by what she saw.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Men too often confound them: they should not be confounded: appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines, that only tend to elate and magnify a few, should not be substituted for the world-redeeming creed of Christ.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The circumstances of the morning had led Catherine's feelings through the varieties of suspense, security, and disappointment; but they were now safely lodged in perfect bliss; and with spirits elated to rapture, with Henry at her heart, and Northanger Abbey on her lips, she hurried home to write her letter.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Martin rode down town on an electric car, and as he watched the houses and cross-streets slipping by he was aware of a regret that he was not more elated over his friend's success and over his own signal victory.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Martin was elated and diffident.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)