ELATING Synonyms: 174 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in exhilarating

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verb

present participle of elate

as in exciting

to fill with great joy the winning of the state basketball championship elated the whole town

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Recent Examples of elating

Verb

This helped convince the administration to shift to their side, elating students, especially Simpson. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026

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Adjective

The tiny island nation kept advancing, drawing Uruguay and Saudi Arabia to reach the Round of 32 before finally bowing out to defending champion Argentina in an exhilarating match that may have been the best of the tournament so far.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
After the exhilarating experience, travelers can sit down with locals and come together over Dominican staples such as pollo guisado, tostones, and mangú.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Definition of exhilarating

Verb

Major Wilson, 17, has been around horses most of his life and now spends much of his time helping younger riders get ready, showing them how to saddle their horses without exciting them.

— Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same.

— Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025

Definition of exciting

Adjective

Instead, Alfonzo’s first appearance, the culmination of nine tireless years, was somber , stricken by the grief overshadowing what should’ve been a joyous moment in the Dodgers’ to the Padres.

— Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The joyous if relatively restrained gathering was the culmination of the riotous nationwide celebrations that had broken out on the evening of April 12, when the results of the parliamentary elections came in.

— Gordon F. Sander, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Definition of joyous

Verb

This move, driven by concerns over youth access to intoxicating hemp, faces strong opposition from legitimate businesses who warn it will devastate the sector.

— Peter Su, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Staying home might not readily provide the intoxicating beauty Emerson describes.

— Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026

Definition of intoxicating

Adjective

The One&Only’s prime location in the V&A Waterfront offers the best of both worlds - close enough to all the attractions of the Waterfront as well as the city, but still envelops you in a blissful bubble of privacy like only a resort hotel can.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
Everyone gets a happy ending, from Richie’s first flight to Tina’s promotion to Marcus’ resolution with his dad to Ebra’s franchise plan to Natalie’s blissful work-life balance.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 June 2026

Definition of blissful

Adjective

Wor$t Girl embraces dirt and dark thoughts alongside abrasive tones, giving its euphoric hooks weight, as though a wild night out is almost crucial to the artist’s well-being.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026
But the boom always sows the seeds of its own destruction by getting ahead of itself with euphoric valuation.

— James Berman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of euphoric

Adjective

Here, perhaps, is a truer explanation for the relentless invention and questing that just happens to result in their ecstatic calibrations of noise.

— Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
Other sources who have seen the film have been ecstatic and overwhelmingly positive about the Irish actor’s work.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 July 2026

Definition of ecstatic

Adjective

Five hundred fans broke into rapturous applause.

— Caroline Framke, Vulture, 8 June 2026
The brand that started with a single backpack design on the streets of New York has hit the top five best-selling brand list on StockX — where audiences are paying above retail for the gear — and the brand's recent London Fashion Week debut was also received with rapturous applause.

— Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Definition of rapturous

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