Triumphant
[traɪ'ʌmf(ə)nt] or [traɪ'ʌmfənt]
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Victorious, successful.
Editor: Sallust
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Victorious, successful, rejoicing, exultant, elated, boastful
ANT:Unvictorious, baffled, humiliated, unsuccessful, discomfited, beaten, worsted
Typist: Ruben
Examples
- She turned to him with a triumphant smile and their hands clasped under her veil. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He closed his eyes and looked aside, triumphant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The new legs last twice as long as the others used to do, and he attributes this solely to his temperate habits (triumphant cheers). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The uprising of the star of day was hailed by triumphant strains, while the birds, heard by snatches, filled up the intervals of the music. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This had dashed the triumphant and rapturous emotions of maternity with grief and fear. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The gloomiest problem of this mysterious life was constantly before his eyes,--souls crushed and ruined, evil triumphant, and God silent. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Within the gates Lestrade met us, his face flushed with victory, his manner grossly triumphant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And the rays were hastening in in thin lines of light, to return to the strengthened moon, that shook upon the water in triumphant reassumption. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No, I will not,' replied Mr. Winkle; and down sat Mr. Skimpin with a triumphant countenance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I didn't know you'd come, sir, he began, as Jo gave him a triumphant little glance. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Bucket asks, triumphant in his admiration of his lady's genius. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The idea of a Supreme Being who watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is essentially the idea of the people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Night or day, one could not escape the sinister face, triumphant and radiant like this moon, with a high smile. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Earth was past,--and earthly pain; but so solemn, so mysterious, was the triumphant brightness of that face, that it checked even the sobs of sorrow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It did not escape Bella's notice that he began to look triumphant. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Randolph