elation
noun
[ ɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n ]
• great happiness and exhilaration.
• "Richard's elation at regaining his health was short-lived"
Similar:
happiness,
exhilaration,
joy,
joyousness,
delight,
glee,
excitement,
animation,
jubilation,
exultation,
ecstasy,
euphoria,
bliss,
rapture,
rhapsody,
rhapsodies,
transport(s),
cloud nine,
heaven,
paradise,
seventh heaven,
the top of the world,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French elacion, from Latin elat- ‘raised’, from the verb efferre (see elate).
