ELATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elation mean? 

• ELATION (noun)
  The noun ELATION has 2 senses:

1. an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression

2. a feeling of joy and pride

  Familiarity information: ELATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("elation" is a kind of...):

mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elation"):

bliss; blissfulness; cloud nine; seventh heaven; walking on air (a state of extreme happiness)

high (a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics)

high (a state of sustained elation)

Antonym:

depression (a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity)

Derivation:

elate (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A feeling of joy and pride

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

elation; high spirits; lightness

Hypernyms ("elation" is a kind of...):

joy; joyfulness; joyousness (the emotion of great happiness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elation"):

euphoria; euphory (a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation)

Derivation:

elate (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)

 Context examples 

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Frequency of the elation/euphoria.

(NPI - Elation/Euphoria Frequency, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Severity of the elation/euphoria.

(NPI - Elation/Euphoria Severity, NCI Thesaurus)

And so he wandered on, alternating between depression and elation as he stared at the shelves packed with wisdom.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I felt an elation of spirit.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But my affair is widely different; I bring back my heroine to her home in solitude and disgrace; and no sweet elation of spirits can lead me into minuteness.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She could not tell Miss Crawford that those woods belonged to Sotherton, she could not carelessly observe that she believed that it was now all Mr. Rushworth's property on each side of the road, without elation of heart; and it was a pleasure to increase with their approach to the capital freehold mansion, and ancient manorial residence of the family, with all its rights of court-leet and court-baron.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I felt some reflection of his elation in my own mind, for I knew well that he would not depart so far from his usual austerity of demeanour unless there was good cause for exultation.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His immediate communications were exhausted, and it seemed enough to be looking joyfully around him, now at one, now at another of the beloved circle; but the pause was not long: in the elation of her spirits Lady Bertram became talkative, and what were the sensations of her children upon hearing her say, How do you think the young people have been amusing themselves lately, Sir Thomas?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)