to exalt

Examples

• All

• The poem showcases fruits, flourishes their native names, touts their variety, and exalts their delicious properties.

  Academic text (2004)

• In your exaltation, we become exalted.

  Dark Places (2015)

• Show trust O Lord, that those who love Your name will exalt in You.

  The Dawn (2019)

• Negative theology functioned, in the end, to exalt the human place in the scheme of things.

  Academic text (2010)

• Humans have worked hard burying or transmogrifying old culture to exalt the new, modern one.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Crisp would exalt Christ in delivering a powerful message of sola gratia.

  Academic text (2006)

• His spirit rose and exalted... as he breathed in the sun-drenched air.

  Howards End (1992)

• It exalts God that he has planted this people in a place that's not desired by the wicked.

  September Dawn (2007)

• Alternately parodying and lionizing hip hop, these artists exalt the virtues while lamenting the decline of the genre.

  Blog text (29)

• She felt truly exalted after receiving the award for her volunteer work.

Synonyms

E

to excite

vsto exalt

331 2.7

To make someone feel very happy, interested, or eager

evokes noble, intense inspiration rather than general or agitated feeling

T

to thrill

vsto exalt

201 2.1

To give a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure

creates a noble, sustained uplifting feeling rather than a sudden jolt

E

to elate

vsto exalt

19 6.4

To make someone feel very happy and proud

inspire with noble, heightened feeling rather than just happiness

E

to exhilarate

vsto exalt

12 6.9

To make someone feel very happy and full of energy

focus on noble, elevating inspiration rather than lively excitement

I

to inebriate

vsto exalt

• Literature

1 9.9

To make someone feel very happy or excited

emphasize noble uplifting inspiration rather than mere exhilaration

T

to tickle pink

vsto exalt

• Informal

1 6.3

Feel very happy and amused by something someone does

produce noble, elevated inspiration rather than light amusement or pleasure

E

to ensky

vsto exalt

• Archaic

9.9

To praise someone very highly and make them seem perfect

fills someone with noble feeling rather than acting as praise

Antonyms

D

to depress

32 4.1

To make someone feel sad and lose hope

D

to dishearten

8 5.3

To make someone lose hope or confidence

How Elated

to enrapture

• Literature

6 7.8

to exalt

• Literature

6 8.1

to elate

19 6.4

to delight

79 2.1

to cheer

392 1.0

to please

216 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology