Exultant
[ɪɡ'zʌltənt]
Definition
(adj.) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; 'rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day'; 'a triumphal success'; 'a triumphant shout' .
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Definition
(a.) Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Exulting, triumphing, joyous, jubilant, transported, elated.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rejoicing, elated, jubilant, joyous, triumphant
ANT:Mournful, depressed, dispirited
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Examples
- Try it,' said the little creature, with an excited and exultant face. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But she was made exultant by having her chin pinched and her cheek kissed by Mr. Farebrother--an incident which she narrated to her mother and father. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The young gentleman uttered this exultant sound with mysterious significance. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I made my exultant way to the old Battery, and, lying down there to consider the question whether Miss Havisham intended me for Estella, fell asleep. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Williamson, the ex-clergyman, bowed to us with mock politeness, and the bully, Woodley, advanced with a shout of brutal and exultant laughter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Malone waxed very exultant over the supper. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And stealthily rubbed her little hands behind him, and poked a few exultant pokes with her two forefingers over the crown of his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At its close, the released, pupils rushed out, half-trembling, half-exultant. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was an old man, so lately exultant in the full strength of manhood. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Mr. Morgan was exultant, while Mr. Edison was still confident and suggested a continuation of the test. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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