EXALTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exalted mean? 

• EXALTED (adjective)
  The adjective EXALTED has 1 sense:

1. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

  Familiarity information: EXALTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXALTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

Synonyms:

elevated; exalted; grand; high-flown; high-minded; idealistic; lofty; noble-minded; rarefied; rarified; sublime

Context example:

a grand purpose

Similar:

noble (having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character)

 Context examples 

“We are moving in exalted circles,” said he.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was a pale, slender spirit, exalted far beyond the flesh; but nevertheless the softness of her palm persisted in his thoughts.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

There was a magnanimity in her quiet way of doing so, and of dismissing it, which would have exalted her in my respect and affection, if anything could.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Dear me, Mr. Malone, this is very—very exalted.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Great and exalted deeds are what he lives to perform.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Considered exalted in Pisces, a divine water sign, Venus here could set off lovely sparks.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But the world would soon be sensible of its usefulness; and he flattered himself, that a more noble, exalted thought never sprang in any other man’s head.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And so, exalted, upborne by a sense of power, I turned my back on the howling inferno and climbed to the deck, where the fog drifted ghostly through the night and the air was sweet and pure and quiet.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I doubted at first whether I should attempt the creation of a being like myself, or one of simpler organization; but my imagination was too much exalted by my first success to permit me to doubt of my ability to give life to an animal as complex and wonderful as man.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)