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Adjective elated has 2 senses
- elated - exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited"
Antonyms: dejected, amort, chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited, glum, gloomy, long-faced, lonely, lonesome
- elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant - full of high-spirited delight
Antonym: joyless (indirect, via joyous)
Verb elate has 1 sense
- elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
--1 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Antonyms: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
Sample sentences:
The good news will elate her
The performance is likely to elate Sue
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