elated
adjective
[ ɪˈleɪtɪd ]
• ecstatically happy.
• "after the concert, I felt elated"
elate
verb
• make (someone) ecstatically happy.
• "while the wealth of wildlife elated me, it unnerved me as well"
Similar:
thrilled,
exhilarated,
happy,
delighted,
overjoyed,
joyous,
gleeful,
excited,
animated,
jubilant,
beside oneself with happiness,
exultant,
ecstatic,
euphoric,
rapturous,
in raptures,
enraptured,
rapt,
walking on air,
on cloud nine/seven,
in seventh heaven,
jumping for joy,
in transports of delight,
transported,
carried away,
in a frenzy of delight,
delirious (with happiness),
hysterical,
wild with excitement,
frenzied,
blissed out,
over the moon,
on a high,
wigged out,
turnt,
corybantic,
Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin elat- ‘raised’, from the verb efferre, from ex- ‘out, from’ + ferre ‘to bear’. The verb dates from the late 16th century.
