exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; " the elated winner"; " felt elated and excited"

of Elate

Puffed up, as with honour or success.

He was elated, enthusiastic, glowing. – Jerry by Jean Webster

The conquerors, elated with so sudden a success, put their horses on full speed; and without order or attention, pursued the fugitives until they were lost amidst the trees of a distant wood. – Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter

Shenac was by no means so elated as she had been last year. – Shenac's Work at Home by Margaret Murray Robertson

They were all elated when they rejoined the girls in the prayer chamber, and high spirits were still further increased by the report, promptly given, that all had remained quiet in the amphitheatre. – Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various

" Very good, sir, but I'd like a little money," that elated youth demanded, boldly. – Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Rex Beach

" I haven't got time to wait now," returned Richard, highly elated to find that Doc Linyard's property was safe. – Richard Dare's Venture by Edward Stratemeyer

In less than three weeks, the whole plot presented a very pleasing prospect, and he was really elated by his success. – Roughing it in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Certainly he felt tired, yet strangely elated. – The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson

The disciple knows that this is so, and though it is his duty to make the utmost of the life that is his, he neither complains of it nor is elated by it, nor does he complain against the better fortune of others. – Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold by Mabel Collins

Dr Rider raised her up quietly, asking no leave, and lifted her into the drag, where Nettie had been before, and where Freddy, elated and joyful, took his place beside the groom, convinced that he was to go now with the only true guardian his little life had known. – The Doctor's Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

The darkness grew more intense, and the chaff and laughter- for the soldiers, elated by success, had hitherto shown no sign of fatigue- died gradually away. – Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War by G. F. R. Henderson

Pascal was greatly elated. – Baron Trigault's Vengeance Volume 2 (of 2) by Emile Gaboriau

Although not a single Confederate squadron had followed him from Martinsburg, the Northern general, elated by his unexpected escape, spoke of this operation as if it had been carried out under heavy fire. – Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War by G. F. R. Henderson

At first waking this Morning my Mind was elated at the Falsitie of my Mother's Notion, that no Man of Sense woulde think me worth the having; and soe I got up too proude, I think, and came down too vain, for I had spent an unusuall Time at the Glasse. – Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Anne Manning

But he dismissed my caution with a laugh and an elated gesture. – 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad

Her vanity was now as much mortified as in the morning it had been elated. – The Parent's Assistant by Maria Edgeworth

He gets on greatly with his teaching; his students- fifty- seven of them- are elated with their luck in having him, and I feel sure he will have next year a still larger number attracted by his fame. – Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James

He was quite elated with himself, for he felt sure of success. – Jess of the Rebel Trail by H. A. Cody

Doubtless many of the guests came from curiosity; but Mrs. Wilmarth is delighted to have had what would have been an enormous crush inside, and much elated to have it praised on every hand. – Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Raphael became excited and elated and like one completely deprived of reason. – The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac