Elation
What it means
Great happiness arising from welcome news or achievement.
Reach for it when naming a strong upward rush of joy after a positive outcome
News of the rescue brought elation to the waiting families.
Words to choose between 7
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playful
over the moon
Fits when conversational British delight is appropriate
Careful The idiom is clichéd and unsuitable for solemn or formal reporting.
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everyday
Fits when deep positive feeling should be stated simply
Careful Joy can be quiet, enduring, or unconnected to a sudden outcome.
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warm
Fits when pleasure includes appreciative enjoyment
Careful Delight is usually gentler and less elevated than elation.
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professional
Fits when intense well-being overwhelms ordinary restraint
Careful Euphoria may carry clinical or unrealistic associations and is stronger than most good news.
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formal
Fits when a group celebrates a public victory
Careful Jubilation emphasizes outward communal celebration rather than an individual's lifted state.
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literary
exhilaration
Fits when excitement and physical aliveness accompany the happiness
Careful Exhilaration can come from speed or danger without any achievement.
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literary
Fits when joy is bound to overcoming opposition
Careful Triumph can name the success itself and risks sounding boastful.
Opposites 4
- dejection
- despair
- gloom
- disappointment
Common phrases 3
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sense of elation
A sense of elation swept through the lab after confirmation.
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initial elation
Initial elation settled into careful planning for the next phase.
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sheer elation
Sheer elation showed on every face at the reunion.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Paul2520, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated