elates
verbHow many syllables in elates?
There are 2 syllables in the word elates.How to pronounce elates:
Definition of elates:
- elates (verb):
- to fill with joy or pride
- to make (someone) feel lively and cheerful
Synonyms for elates:
cheer
delights
elevate
elevates
enraptures
exalt
excites
exhilarate
exhilarates
gladden
inspires
intoxicate
intoxicates
lighten
pleases
satisfies
stimulates
transports
uplifts
Antonyms for elates:
depresses
discourages
disheartens
dissuades
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- chalked
- appraise
- strangest
- shuffled
- scourges
- ropy
- pricked
- phoning
- gutter
- estrange
- rifling
- impaled
- verklempt
- tombstone
- sun-drenched
- amour
- vastness
- saw-toothed
- bloomy
- stumpy
- reneged
- glancing
- ditched
- grandad
- withstand
- printer
- pitied
- Jannae
- shrouding
- freshest
- fishhook
- enshrined
- schedule
- coldness
- casting
- cancelled
- parao
- queens
- grubworms
- gardened
- extol
- brockage
- bicker
- alight
- yapping
- lampoon
- Jeric
- gumboil
- flattest
- cthulhu
- … more
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