elate
verb[T]
uk/iˈleɪt/us/iˈleɪt/to make someonefeelextremelyhappyandexcited,especiallybecause something good hashappenedor beenachieved:
Hisspeechelated conservatives andangeredliberals.
Hermusichas thecapacityto bothchallengeand elate heraudience.
- Thestruggleattimeselatescampaigners, at othertimesexhauststhem.
- Music can elate you when you'refeelingdown, and it cancalmyou when you'refeelingover-excited.
- Theprospectthat themeasurewillsoonbeapprovedelatesenvironmentalists.
- Tonight is thekindofcrisp,chillyautumnnightthat elates thespirit.
Causing pleasure
- agreeable
- agreeableness
- agreeably
- all things to all peopleidiom
- attractive
- deliciously
- delight
- delightful
- delightfully
- distraction
- homey
- indulgent
- indulgently
- jovial
- jovially
- sensuous
- sensuously
- serendipitous
- sweeten
- ultra-civilized