Word Finder - elation

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An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.

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A feeling of joy and pride.

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A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).

His elation increased at the sight of the little girl he had saved.

Or do they want to share the elation of the United players?

Itfs more on showing the rare skill of getting your idea across to someone else expressing the elation you have for it.

The baths in the Ganga gave him great spiritual elation, and the first one was always taken before dawn.

Appropriately timed, the delayed pictures are the perfect way to record the shock, surprise, and elation of such an unconventional proposal.

The story in Acts differs slightly from that in Josephus, who describes how in the midst of his elation he saw an owl perched over his head.

Holmes later admitted that he felt little elation in beating this shell of Ali's former self.

The combination of exhaustion, sleepiness and pure elation at finishing makes for an emotional end and a fantastic sense of achievement!

The last week of October was a period of high elation followed by deep sadness.

The elation of being the first people ever to see this was simply gob smacking.

With names like Holiday, Celebration, Fantasy, Fascination, Paradise, and Elation, it's obvious that these cruise ships are designed for a good time.

Carnival Mexico Cruises are offered aboard some of the most popular Carnival cruise ships, including the regal Carnival Paradise, Carnival Elation, Carnival Pride, and Carnival Spirit.

Similar in size and layout to the Carnival Paradise, the Carnival Elation offers four and five-night sailings to Baja California, including visits to Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas.

Carnival Cruise Lines offers this exciting 4 day Baja Mexico cruise aboard Elation, one of their famous Fun Ships.

Another option is a four-day Western Caribbean cruise leaving from Mobile, Alabama, to Cozumel on board the Carnival Elation.

They'll walk by in the background, jump up and down in elation as you hit a strike, and so on.

Children and adolescents also tend to demonstrate irritability and aggressiveness instead of the elation of mania in adults.

When the righteous triumph, there is great elation; but when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding.

Moments after the initial elation come the doubts about whether you can actually do it.

The adult version cards are full of tricky facts and figures, making them really challenging for anyone who isn't an avid movie fan - this has led to both elation and frustration from game players.

On the other hand, the Prussians were new to the battlefield, and the reaction after the elation of victory was intense; moreover, if what happened at Hiihnerwasser affords a guide, the staff would have required some days to disentangle the units which had fought and to assign them fresh objectives.

The victories of the Opequan, or Winchester (September 19), Fisher's Hill (September 22) and Cedar Creek (October 19), produced great elation in the North and corresponding depression in the Confederacy, and Sheridan was made successively brigadier-general U.S.A. for Fisher's Hill and major-general U.S.A. for Cedar Creek.

This divergence of opinion destroyed all the elation that Burke might well have felt at his compliments from kings, his gold medals, his twelve editions.

A few months later the great reverse of Chickamauga created an alarm in the North commensurate with the elation that had been felt at the double victory of Vicksburg and Gettysburg, and Grant was at once ordered to Chattanooga, to decide the fate of the Army of the Cumberland in a second battle.

After the Emperor had left Moscow, life flowed on there in its usual course, and its course was so very usual that it was difficult to remember the recent days of patriotic elation and ardor, hard to believe that Russia was really in danger and that the members of the English Club were also sons of the Fatherland ready to sacrifice everything for it.