Antonyms for elation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-ley-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈleɪ ʃən

Definition of elation

Origin : late 14c., from Old French elacion "elation, conceit, arrogance, vanity," from Latin elationem (nominative elatio), noun of action from elatus "elevated," form used as past participle of efferre, from ex- "out" + latus (see oblate (n.)), past participle of ferre "carry" (see infer). Metaphoric sense of "lifting spirits" was in Latin and has always been the principal meaning in English.

noun extreme happiness

Example sentences :

Pat's elation lasted him overnight and even well on into the next day.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

My father is a man who seldom gives way to any elation of mind.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Tom returned, with eyes shining, and cheeks flushed with elation.
Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton

This gave him no elation, because he had taken it for granted she would receive him.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

Ah, that day of the 18th of March, the elation and enthusiasm that it aroused in Maurice!
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

“That will do for this time,” she said, in some elation, as she handed the gun to Huntington.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

“Look at them,” he cried in a voice that was high-pitched with elation.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

She was taking a chance, and she knew it––knew it with a curious sense of elation.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

From the depths of despondency, I rose to the peaks of elation.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various

There is no elation in defeating a driver who lies out on the course.
Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram

Synonyms for elation

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