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Elated - Coggle Diagram
Elated
Word-formation
elat (root) + ed (suffix)
Free morpheme
Elate
Bound Morpheme
-ed
Root
Elat
Inflection
elat (base form) + -ed (past tense)
Definitions
Noun
Great happiness and exhilaration.
Adjetivo
Ecstatically happy.
Verb
Make (someone) ecstatically happy.
Word Classes
Noun
Elation
His elation increased at the sight of the little girl he had saved.
Verb
Elate
She was elated by the news.
Adjetive
Elated
The elated winner has given a speech.
Meaning and Context
Affective meaning
I was elated that my second heart bypass had been successful.
If you are elated, you are extremely happy and excited because of something that has happened.
Stylistic meaning
It is used in more formal contexts.
Elated he was somewhat alive, she bolted to the kitchen for soup.
Lexical Relations
Synomys
thrilled, exhilarated, happy, delighted, overjoyed, joyous, gleeful, excited, animated, jubilant, beside oneself with happiness, exultant, ecstatic.
Antonyms
sad, depressed, down, disappointed, abashed, confounded, humiliated, disconcerted, dejected,
Semantics
Semantic features
+adjective + positive -adverb
Semantic Roles
The elated winner(Agent) has given a speech(Theme).
Forms
Spelling
e•lat•ed
Phonological segment
(ɪˈleɪ tɪd)
Etymology
elate (v) "to raise, to elevate" from Latin
elatus
"exalted"