elate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *elate*:
VERB	emotion	elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate	fill with high spirits

elate > pronunciation
Sounds	ihley't
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *elate*: 1 sense > verb 1, emotion
Meaning	Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Model	The good news will elate her; The performance is likely to elate Sue
Synonyms	lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
Cause to	rejoice, joy	Feel happiness or joy
Narrower	beatify	make blessedly happy
	exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify	Fill with sublime emotion
	puff	make proud or conceited
Broader	stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir	Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Opposite	depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise	lower someone's spirits
Spanish	alborozar, embriagar, intoxicar, regocijar
Catalan	embriagar, engatar, engrescar, intoxicar
Nouns	elation	a feeling of joy and pride
Nouns	elation	an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism

HyperDic: elate