elation
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5.5
- noun
- /ɪˈleɪʃən/
- The crowd erupted in elation when their team scored the winning goal.
- sense of elation
- feeling of elation
- elation at the moment
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Watch on YouTubeSo we've gone from elation to to disaster.
- So we've gone from elation to to disaster.
- Like I say, I got such elation.
- That's your focus and you're just so focused on what you do and then the elation afterwards.
- I see it on the faces of newly arriving students, full of equal parts elation, anxiety, and wonder.
- But when I scored pole, pole position in Hungary, that was such an elation, such a great feeling.
- See, she suddenly from that elation, she looked down and burst crying and ran away.
- And so maybe it's a reflection of a sense of elation that I had about learning new things, like about the brain.
- O West wind, let us rise to the heavens, Floating free in creators glow of elation.
- But feelings of elation, love, connectedness, those are emotions too.
- And I asked him, you know, was, was there a time that he sort of felt this like elation, right.
- I think there's this big spike of elation, like I survived and then the reality kind of set in that I am really messed up.
- Carlos Roche watched as tears of elation ran down the withered face of his friend Owl, an old man who had been locked up for decades.
Examples
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Teresa felt wonder and a sort of elation as she carefully settled into bed.
Fiction book (2000) -
You cannot know my elation, and that, in itself, is surely intolerable.
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From this event comes a sense of elation never before experienced.
Academic text (2003) -
Sentiments of joy, hope and elation came through in every message.
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I see it on the faces of newly arriving students, full of equal parts elation, anxiety, and wonder.
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However, as the day wore on, a strange elation came over Halka.
Fiction book (1997) -
But when I scored pole, pole position in Hungary, that was such an elation, such a great feeling.
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As it filled his chest, a new feeling of elation ran through him, and he spoke aloud.
Fiction book (1990) -
So when I got there, there's that feeling of elation, joy, satisfaction, relief.
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I stood suddenly erect, filled with elation, and threw off my cape.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
815
1.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
689
1.0
A feeling of pleasure and being satisfied
417
1.0
A strong feeling of happiness and eagerness, or something that causes it
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6.1
A feeling of very great joy and excitement
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6.8
A very strong feeling of happiness and excitement
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1.0
A strong feeling of happiness and excitement
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6.7
A feeling of strong, happy energy and excitement
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5.8
A strong, happy feeling of excitement
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3.2
A strong feeling of being very happy and excited
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5.2
A strong feeling of happiness and excitement during a celebration
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1.0
A feeling of being happy and pleased
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7.6
A feeling of great happiness and strong emotion
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7.9
A strong feeling of great joy often shown by loud shouts
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8.5
A feeling of cheerful, lively energy that people show
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6.5
A strong feeling of great joy that people show openly
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3.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
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2.8
A very strong feeling of deep happiness
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3.5
A strong feeling of happy excitement that makes you smile
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8.9
A feeling of great happiness and pleasure
A strong feeling of great joy after success
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Etymology
The word elation comes from the Latin word elatus, meaning 'lifted up', and it shares the same root as elevate and elevator. So, feeling elation is like being 'lifted up' by joy or pride.