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ex·alt·ed

(ĭg-zôl′tĭd)

adj.

1. Elevated in rank, character, or status.

2. Lofty; sublime; noble: an exalted dedication to liberty.

3. Exaggerated; inflated: He has an exalted sense of his importance to the project.

ex·alt′ed·ly adv.

ex·alt′ed·ness n.

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exalted

(ɪɡˈzɔːltɪd)

adj

1. high or elevated in rank, position, dignity, etc

2. elevated in character; noble; lofty: an exalted ideal.

3. informal excessively high; inflated: he has an exalted opinion of himself.

4. intensely excited; elated

exˈaltedly adv

exˈaltedness n

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ex•alt•ed

(ɪgˈzɔl tɪd)

adj.

1. raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station: an exalted personage.

2. noble or elevated; lofty: an exalted style of writing.

3. rapturously excited.

[1585–95]

ex•alt′ed•ly, adv.

ex•alt′ed•ness, n.

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Adj.

exalted - of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

high-minded, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, elevated, high-flown, sublime, grand

noble - having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"

exalted

adjective

1. high-ranking, high, grand, honoured, intellectual, noble, prestigious, august, elevated, eminent, dignified, lofty I seldom move in such exalted circles.

2. noble, ideal, superior, elevated, intellectual, uplifting, sublime, lofty, high-minded I don't think of poetry as an exalted calling, as some poets do.

3. elated, excited, inspired, stimulated, elevated, animated, uplifted, transported, exhilarated, ecstatic, jubilant, joyous, joyful, over the moon (informal), blissful, rapturous, exultant, in high spirits, on cloud nine (informal), cock-a-hoop, in seventh heaven, inspirited She had the look of someone exalted by an excess of joy.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

exalted

adjective

1. Raised to or occupying a high position or rank:

august, elevated, grand, high-ranking, lofty.

2. Exceedingly dignified in form, tone, or style:

elevated, eloquent, grand, high, high-flown, lofty.

Translations

راقِ، سامٍ، مُمَجَّد

fornem

gehoben

haut placé

magas rangú

upphafinn, hátt settur

elevato esaltato nobile

augstscildens

høy opphøyd

vysoko postavený

büyük önemli yüksek

高位的高贵的

exalted

[ɪgˈzɔːltɪd] ADJ (= high) [position] → elevado; [person] → eminente; (= elated) → excitado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

exalted

[ɪgˈzɔːltɪd] adj

(= high) [rank] → élevé(e)

[person] → haut placé(e)

(= elated) → exalté(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

exalted

adj

position, style → hoch; at or on a less exalted level → auf nicht ganz so gehobener Ebene; the exalted ranks of … → die erhabenen Ränge der …; to be in exalted company → sich in gehobener Gesellschaft befinden; she moves only in the most exalted circles → sie bewegt sich nur in den besten Kreisen

mood, person → exaltiert, überschwänglich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

exalted

[ɪgˈzɔːltɪd] adj (frm) (high, rank, position, person) → elevato/a; (elated) → esaltato/a

exalted

(igˈzoːltid) adjective

high in rank, position etc; noble; important.

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"Exalted," he wrote, not "augmented." And therein his feeling and his pen captured the very truth.

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On her left hand she bore a hawk, a proof to Don Quixote's mind that she must be some great lady and the mistress of the whole hunting party, which was the fact; so he said to Sancho, "Run Sancho, my son, and say to that lady on the palfrey with the hawk that I, the Knight of the Lions, kiss the hands of her exalted beauty, and if her excellence will grant me leave I will go and kiss them in person and place myself at her service for aught that may be in my power and her highness may command; and mind, Sancho, how thou speakest, and take care not to thrust in any of thy proverbs into thy message."

Why, this is not the first time in my life I have carried messages to high and exalted ladies."

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Ye look aloft when ye long for exaltation; and I look downward because I am exalted.

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"You shall be taken before his great and glorious Majesty King Kik-a-bray, who will greet you as becomes your exalted stations."

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"It is of great importance to me," she said, turning with a smile toward Anna Pavlovna, and Anna Pavlovna, with the same sad smile with which she spoke of her exalted patroness, supported Helene's wish.

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The majority of the younger men envied him for just what was the most irksome factor in his love--the exalted position of Karenin, and the consequent publicity of their connection in society.

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as it was; for, by this time, such a feeling existed in our extreme cote gauche, that it may be questioned if the handkerchiefs of that end of the piece would have behaved themselves in the wardrobe of the dauphine with the discretion and prudence that are expected from every thing around the person of a princess of her exalted rank and excellent character.

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His spirits were boisterous, his mind exalted. He was now at his worst; madder than he had been earlier in the night.

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The physical need for sleep began to overtake her; the exuberance which had sustained and exalted her spirit left her helpless and yielding to the conditions which crowded her in.

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If hereafter any highly cultured, poetical nation shall lure back to their birth-right, the merry May-day gods of old; and livingly enthrone them again in the now egotistical sky; in the now unhaunted hill; then be sure, exalted to Jove's high seat, the great Sperm Whale shall lord it.

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But being upheld by powers, to which the human mind cannot reach, I shall speak no more of them, because, being exalted and maintained by God, it would be the act of a presumptuous and rash man to discuss them.