Definitions for elations

elations e·la·tion

Spelling: [ih-ley-shuh n]
IPA: /ɪˈleɪ ʃən/

Elations is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 609 anagrams from letters in elations (aeilnost).

Definitions for elations

noun

  1. a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.

Origin of elations

1350-1400; Middle English elacioun (Anglo-French) Latin ēlātiōn- (stem of ēlātiō), equivalent to ēlāt(us) (see elate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for elations

elation turned to puzzlement as six infected nuns who received infusions all died.

Tom returned, with eyes shining, and cheeks flushed with elation.

My father is a man who seldom gives way to any elation of mind.

Receiving a coffee-related gift triggers a Pavlovian response – elation, anticipation, a faux caffeine rush.

But that sense of elation would last only a few short hours.

The elation is absurd, and therefore all the more endearing.

Pat's elation lasted him overnight and even well on into the next day.

It is like a habit-forming drug that, in victory, saps your elation and, in defeat, deepens your despair.

This gave him no elation, because he had taken it for granted she would receive him.

Ah, that day of the 18th of March, the elation and enthusiasm that it aroused in Maurice!

Word Value for elations
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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