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(ɪleɪʃən)
uncountable noun
Elation is a feeling of great happiness and excitement about something that has happened.
His supporters have reacted to the news with elation.
Synonyms: joy, delight, thrill, excitement More Synonyms of elation

elation in British English

(ɪˈleɪʃən)
noun
joyfulness or exaltation of spirit, as from success, pleasure, or relief; high spirits

elation in American English

(iˈleɪʃən; ɪˈleɪʃən)
noun
a feeling of exultant joy or pride; high spirits
Word origin
L elatio: see elate

Examples of 'elation' in a sentence
elation

It will take me time to feel any elation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What it does not recall are my sensations of excitement and elation at the time.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We went from feelings of elation to despair.
The Sun (2009)
It was with feelings of relief and elation that we watched the last guest depart.
Davey, Ray Rev. & Cole, John A Channel of Peace (1993)
With flying comes the most incredible feeling of elation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Her moods swing from despair to elation in a very short time.
Wilkinson, Helena Beyond Chaotic Eating (1993)
Crossing the finishing line was a mixture of relief and elation.
The Sun (2011)
The feeling is just elation when you cross the line.
The Sun (2014)
But it pays to look a bit beyond the weekly routine of elation and despair.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
See the scene in your mind and feel the elation of going off to your favourite holiday spot.
Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but wereafraid to put into practice (2001)
There is a mixture of elation and relief but equally a sense of challenge about what lies ahead.
The Sun (2012)
It was a colossal blow to the new constitution and the mood plunged from elation to despair in a day.
Brian Thompson DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America (2004)
There was a feeling of elation.
The Sun (2007)
The feeling of elation was palpable.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The atmosphere is one of relief, elation and pride.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
My feeling of elation didn't last long.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
I could feel my initial elation fade to something more akin to seething anger.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I went from elation to absolute despair.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As they were tossed between elation and despair, young men were often shaken by a sense of vulnerability.
Rotundo, E. Anthony American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the ModernEra (1993)
Sometimes releasing rage makes an individual feel supremely powerful, and he or she will experience elation in its aftermath.
Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind (1991)
It is important to know what you are going to tackle next because there is always that feeling of elation and relief, then emptiness.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
When you invest so much emotion and effort into something, it's difficult to feel elation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

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elation

British English: elation NOUN
Elation is a feeling of great happiness and excitement about something that has happened.
His supporters have reacted to the news with elation.
  • American English: elation
  • Brazilian Portuguese: exultação
  • Chinese: 兴高采烈
  • European Spanish: euforia
  • French: allégresse
  • German: Begeisterung
  • Italian: gioia
  • Japanese: 意気揚々
  • Korean: 의기양양
  • European Portuguese: exultação
  • Latin American Spanish: euforia

(noun) 
Definition
a feeling of great happiness and excitement
His supporters have reacted to the news with elation.
Synonyms
joy
Salter shouted with joy.
delight
To my delight, the plan worked perfectly.
thrill
excitement
The audience was in a state of great excitement.
ecstasy
the agony and ecstasy of holiday romance
bliss
It was a scene of such domestic bliss.
euphoria
There was euphoria when the election result was announced.
glee
His victory was greeted with glee.
rapture
His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.
high spirits
exhilaration
A wave of exhilaration swept through me.
jubilation
The resignations were greeted by jubilation on the streets of Sofia.
exaltation
The city was swept up in the mood of exaltation.
exultation
I felt a tremendous sense of relief and exultation.
joyfulness
joyousness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bliss
Definition
perfect happiness
It was a scene of such domestic bliss.
Synonyms
joy,
ecstasy,
euphoria,
rapture,
nirvana,
felicity,
gladness,
blissfulness,
delight,
pleasure,
heaven (informal),
satisfaction,
happiness,
paradise
in the sense of delight
Definition
extreme pleasure
To my delight, the plan worked perfectly.
Synonyms
pleasure,
joy,
satisfaction,
comfort,
happiness,
ecstasy,
enjoyment,
bliss,
felicity,
glee,
gratification,
rapture,
gladness
in the sense of ecstasy
Definition
a state of extreme delight or joy
the agony and ecstasy of holiday romance
Synonyms
rapture,
delight,
joy,
enthusiasm,
frenzy,
bliss,
trance,
euphoria,
fervour,
elation,
rhapsody,
exaltation,
transport,
ravishment

Synonyms of 'elation'

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