as in to excite
to fill with great joy
the winning of the state basketball championship elated the whole town
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Recent Examples of elate
Other than suggesting a few corrections, Jefferson’s colleagues were elated by the text.
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Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
And the reason this is elating to watch — in the way that a movie about the making of almost any other movie might not be — is that there’s barely any separation between the film Godard is making and what’s happening off camera.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2025
Some people are not going to be elated by every provision of the bill.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 6 May 2025
The play ignited the crowd and elated his coach, who ran over and embraced Aidan Mahaney at the scorer’s table.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2025
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Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
And the reason this is elating to watch — in the way that a movie about the making of almost any other movie might not be — is that there’s barely any separation between the film Godard is making and what’s happening off camera.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2025
Some people are not going to be elated by every provision of the bill.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 6 May 2025
The play ignited the crowd and elated his coach, who ran over and embraced Aidan Mahaney at the scorer’s table.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elate
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But Platner has excited some supporters with an antiestablishment message that his campaign believes could carry him to victory.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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This excites the system, causing the electron to move towards the dots and then tunnel into a nearby reservoir.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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The ball circled the rim twice before dropping on Friday night, delighting Duke and its fans and crushing LSU.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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House Speaker Jon Patterson, a Lee’s Summit Republican, said the bill will ensure intoxicating hemp will go through Missouri’s regulatory framework.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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The other rider told deputies that Madrid ran into him and appeared to be intoxicated.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Elate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elate. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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