UPLIFTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uplifted mean? 

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

1. exalted emotionally especially with pride

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPLIFTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exalted emotionally especially with pride

Similar:

elated (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits)

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

 Context examples 

Suddenly Lord John, who was walking first, halted with uplifted hand.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was close upon him, my knife uplifted, but I withheld the blow.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"That ever I should live to see you a henpecked husband and enjoying it!" cried Jo, with uplifted hands.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He wanted to train me to an elevation I could never reach; it racked me hourly to aspire to the standard he uplifted.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It is characterized by mental retardation, and a distinctive facial appearance (wide set eyes, uplifted earlobes, broad nasal bridge, prominent chin, and a smiling expression).

(Mowat-Wilson Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

His uplifted hand descended, and thereafter rose and fell in a swift and steady rhythm.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

On one side of him sat old Johnston, who was busy in trimming the feathers of some arrows to his liking; and on the other Hordle John, who lay with his great limbs all asprawl, and his headpiece balanced upon his uplifted foot.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)