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adjective

i-ˈlā-təd How to pronounce elated (audio)
Definition of elatednext
as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion she was elated upon learning that she had been accepted by her first-choice college

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verb

past tense of elate
as in excited
to fill with great joy the winning of the state basketball championship elated the whole town

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Recent Examples of elated
Adjective
Gillian Anderson is elated that she’s been immortalized in minifigure form for the new LEGO X-Files set. — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Either way, the team is elated to have the 39-year-old five-time All-Star and 2013 NL MVP, hyphens and all. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Verb
The debate within the Democratic coalition is already bigger and louder, dividing moderates in swing states from progressives elated by Mamdani's rocket to victory in the nation's largest city. — Susan Page, USA Today, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for elated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elated
  1. ecstatic
  2. excited
  3. giddy
  4. delighted
  5. pleased
  6. exhilarated
Adjective
  • Both were ecstatic about the passage of I-638 and thought this fight was over.
    — Matt Calkins, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Pizzica tarantata is performed almost like an exorcism, the spiritual practice of evicting demons or malevolent entities (such as supposed spider’s venom) through a sort of ritual—in this case, ecstatic, free-form dance.
    — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of ecstatic
Verb
  • The girls basketball season starts Monday, and there are plenty of players excited about getting back into action.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2026
  • Still, the deployment of roughly 2,500 Salvadoran troops has excited Haitians even as the lack of a clear strategy raises questions about Bukele’s true intentions.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of excited
Adjective
  • Episodes easily conveyed the filmmakers’ giddy excitement for the next big battle scene, the next big twist, and the next big moment in their Tolkien translation.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The film’s giddy opening moments fall into a tradition of New York movies that sweep us up, in a disorienting, intoxicating blur, into the city’s after-hours enclaves.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of giddy
Verb
  • After reaching out to the Panamanian icon, Fonseca was delighted by his response.
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The blue wave that has delighted so many in the Chicago area has been more complicated for downstaters, many of whom do not align with the ascendent Democratic super-majority in Springfield.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of delighted
Verb
  • After a multi-year hiatus from the show, Burgess pleased the judges with her first routine with Cameron.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The manner in which Marcos Llorente’s opener for Atletico transpired would not have pleased Andoni Iraola, even if the Spaniard needs time for his team to understand his out-of-possession demands.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of pleased
Verb
  • None of it feels remotely tied to the zeitgeist, instead showing an artist galvanized by their own out-there proclivities and exhilarated by the limitations of whatever ramshackle gear might be lying around a home studio.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Some analysts are exhilarated at the prospect of a world-changing paradigm shift.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhilarated

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“Elated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elated. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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