as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
most people can't imagine the kind of elation that comes with winning a super lottery's grand prize, but they're dying to find out
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Recent Examples of elation
Planning, uncertainty, a last-minute road trip and elation in the battle against cloud cover.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Much to the elation of the home crowd that stuck with the Gophers for 40 minutes through the ups and downs.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
The documentary rides an emotional seesaw, bouncing between moments of despair and elation during interviews dozens of AI fanatics and skeptics.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
The team announced the extension Saturday morning (without disclosing the terms of the deal) and Santos expressed his elation about it after a 129-101 loss to the Los Angels Lakers at Chase Center.
—Sam Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2026
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Much to the elation of the home crowd that stuck with the Gophers for 40 minutes through the ups and downs.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
The documentary rides an emotional seesaw, bouncing between moments of despair and elation during interviews dozens of AI fanatics and skeptics.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
The team announced the extension Saturday morning (without disclosing the terms of the deal) and Santos expressed his elation about it after a 129-101 loss to the Los Angels Lakers at Chase Center.
—Sam Gordon, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elation
Noun
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Her husband, Souksavath Noi Keomisy, pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony federal charges of conspiracy to possess the drug ecstasy with the intent to distribute.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 May 2026
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His ecstasy is beautifully represented through the magic of the animation.—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
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For every grousing old-timer who felt that Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was contaminating the genre came another who expressed sheer joy that such a show even existed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The death of two of his sons in previous years formed the background, but Cave’s themes are hopefulness and the joy that lives at the far side of grief.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Research on retirement satisfaction has suggested that financial security alone may not fully explain happiness in retirement.—
Wes Moss,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The findings land at a fraught moment for American happiness.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Teenagers may inhale gases, sprays or solvents to experience a brief high that can include euphoria and hallucinations.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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The initial euphoria quickly devolves into Nikki becoming increasingly violent and erratic.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Gaga and Doechii, a match made in fashion heaven, and two style students who clearly did their homework for this assignment.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
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Nguyen tenderly captures the lightness, freedom and exhilaration of being in water and reigning over the waves, rules of gravity be damned.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Pumping iron, and apparently the exhilaration of combat, has got this 67-year-old plenty revved up.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Musical delight did not seem to be biologically endowed in quite the direct way people had assumed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The jingle has staying power — much to the delight of prolific thriller author James Patterson, who helped write the lyrics in his early career in advertising.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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“Elation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elation. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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