elatedness

noun

Definition of elatednessnext
as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion with the elatedness of someone who had just won the lottery, he announced that his girlfriend had accepted his marriage proposal

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  1. ecstasy
  2. joy
  3. heaven
  4. happiness
  5. seventh heaven
  6. high
  7. delight
  8. transport
Noun
  • Her face is placid and grateful, set in ecstasy or prayer.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Compared to the agony and the ecstasy on display in McQueen’s extraordinary Small Axe compilation, which celebrated the United Kingdom’s diaspora culture while forcing the country to reckon with its institutionally racist past, this might seem like weak tea.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of ecstasy
Noun
  • These people, and many other Americans, weren’t interested in the politics of joy that Kamala Harris and the other law school grads were offering.
    David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Given Heretic’s clear joy in kicking around ideas, this is frustrating.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of joy
Noun
  • Fernando Valenzuela’s famous windup involved rotating his slender legs and broad, burly chest, eyes gazing to the heavens.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Played by Peter Gallagher in the gregarious, wise, eyebrow-forward mode of Sandy Cohen in The O.C., Peter comes across as a gift from the heavens.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of heaven
Noun
  • Take this test to find out: Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionnaire Mark Travers, Ph.d, is an American psychologist who writes about psycho-educational topics such as happiness, relationships, personality, and life meaning.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Love and laughter are the path to peace and happiness.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of happiness
Noun
  • Just Like Heaven is one fun reminder that seventh heaven is finding a kindred spirit.
    Nathan Smith, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
  • No seventh heaven For the eighth time in franchise history, and fifth time of the Nikola Jokic-Jamal Murray era, the Nuggets were forced to play a Game 7.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 19 May 2024
Definition of seventh heaven
Noun
  • Bitcoin hits another high Bitcoin, which hit a record high of $76,000 on Wednesday, continued its upward journey and reached another high on Thursday at $76,872, as crypto markets continued to celebrate the election outcome.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Vice President Kamala Harris finished with a slim majority of support from Hispanic voters, at 53%, while Trump vacuumed up about 45% of the vote, a 13-point increase from 2020 and a record high for a Republican presidential nominee, according to NBC News exit polls.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of high
Noun
  • Both comic and series have suffered a similar fate — being buried in a landslide of Too Much Stuff — and both are clever little delights that deserve to be remembered.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Jones provides a rubbery synth line, while Michael breaths heavily, squeaks, squeals and hiccups to soul’s delight.
    A.D. Amorosi, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of delight
Noun
  • He was based at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he was assigned to the 102nd Intelligence Wing as a cyber transport systems journeyman.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Governments should support and incentivize organisations to implement Sustainable Development Goals into their operations, and policies around public transport and waste management can also help businesses lower their environmental footprint.
    Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of transport
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