elate
Verb
Verb Forms: elated, elating, elates
- To make someone ecstatically happy or proud.
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- To make joyful or proud.
- To lift up; raise; elevate.
Adj
- Elated; exultant.
- Lifted up; raised; elevated.
Examples
- A perfectly placed seven-letter word can elate any Words With Friends player.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Synonyms
intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift, beatify, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, cheer up, content, delight, elate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, perk up, please, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 5
elate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordelate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
elate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary