Noun
A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is after creation, in the elation of success, or the gloom of failure, that love becomes essential. Cyril Connolly
So far as the personal side is concerned, the victory was to him who lost and the defeat to him who won. I can say that never in the last fifteen years have I had the peace of mind that I have since the election. I have almost a feeling of elation. Herbert Hoover
There's a feeling of elation that comes after getting off stage and then there's a feeling of utter sadness that comes after getting off the stage. Neve Campbell
It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought. Agnes Repplier
There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house. Edward Hopper
When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks. Natalie Clifford Barney