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elated
[ih-ley-tid] 
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elated
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
| Synonyms: | animated, aroused, blissful, cheered, delighted, ecstatic, elevated, enchanted, enraptured, euphoric, exalted, excited, exhilarated, exultant, fired up, flying high, flying*, gleeful, high, hopped up, in heaven, in high spirits, in seventh heaven, intoxicated, joyful, joyous, jubilant, looking good, on cloud nine, overjoyed, proud, puffed up, roused, set up, transported, turned-on |
| Antonyms: | depressed, down, sad, sorrowful, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
| Synonyms: | activated, active, alert, animate, ardent, brisk, buoyant, dynamic, ebullient, elated, energetic, energized, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, gay, happy, passionate, peppy, quick, snappy, spirited, sprightly, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vitalized, vivacious, vivid, zealous, zestful, zingy, zippy |
| Main Entry: | blissful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | beatific, cool*, crazy, delighted, dreamy, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, enraptured, euphoric, floating*, flying*, gone*, heavenly, in ecstasy, in seventh heaven, in the twilight zone, joyful, joyous, mad*, on cloud nine, rapturous, sent, spaced-out, turned-on |
| Antonyms: | grieving, miserable, sorrowful, unhappy, upset, wretched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone feel happier |
| Synonyms: | animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, give a lift, gladden, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, let the sun shine in, perk up, pick up, put on cloud nine, put on top of the world, snap out of it, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, upraise, warm |
| Antonyms: | bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy |
| Main Entry: | delighted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
| Synonyms: | captivated, charmed, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, entranced, excited, fulfilled, gladdened, gratified, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, pleasantly surprised, pleased, thrilled |
| Antonyms: | depressed, disappointed, dismayed, melancholy, miserable, pained, sorrowful, troubled, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | ebullient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, bouncy, brash, buoyant, chipper, chirpy, effervescent, effusive, elated, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, frothy, gushing, high-spirited, in high spirits, irrepressible, vivacious, zestful, zippy |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | ecstatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy, blissful |
| Synonyms: | athrill, beatific, crazy, delirious, dreamy, elated, enraptured, enthusiastic, entranced, euphoric, fervent, floating, flying high, frenzied, gone*, high*, in exaltation, in seventh heaven, joyful, joyous, mad, on cloud nine, out, overjoyed, pleased as punch, rapturous, ravished, rhapsodic, sent, sunny, thrilled, tickled pink, tickled to death, transported, turned on, upbeat, wild |
| Antonyms: | despaired, sorrowful, tormented, troubled, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elevate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise spirits |
| Synonyms: | animate, boost, brighten, bring up, buoy up, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, glorify, hearten, inspire, lift up, perk up, refine, rouse, sublimate, uplift |
| Antonyms: | depress, disgrace, distress, lower, shame, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | elevated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highly moral or dignified |
| Synonyms: | animated, big-time, bright, elated, eloquent, eminent, ethical, exalted, exhilarated, formal, grand, grandiloquent, heavy, high, high-flown, high-minded, honorable, inflated, lofty, noble, righteous, stately, sublime, superb, upright, upstanding, virtuous |
| Antonyms: | base, immoral, lowly, undignified |
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