exultant
exulting; highly elated; jubilant; triumphant.
Origin of exultant
1Other words from exultant
- ex·ult·ant·ly, adverb
- non·ex·ult·ant, adjective
- non·ex·ult·ant·ly, adverb
- un·ex·ult·ant, adjective
- un·ex·ult·ant·ly, adverb
Words Nearby exultant
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How to use exultant in a sentence
He’d had just two hours of sleep, and not in his own bed, because there were bodies strewn all over his home, he said, exultant family members who had fallen on whatever pillow they happened to grab, so he crawled into his daughter’s room.
Tom Brady still has the itch, and it’s taken him places no football player has been | Sally Jenkins | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThe circulation boys fell on our paper with exultant gurgles, and the next night we lifted the press run by 10,000 copies.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the clubhouse afterward, Ruth was naturally exultant over his 60th homer.
I spoke to him after the bill passed in December and he was exultant, feeling he had accomplished something of lasting value.
The day he wins the Pulitzer Prize, I call him again, exultant.
There was a scuffle, and Black Sheep was torn off the body by Harry and some colleagues, and cuffed home tingling but exultant.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingWaiting until an exultant roar of applause had died away, he delivered his most effective hit.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHer mood was almost exultant, though she had been gloomy enough when I first disturbed her.
A Little Union Scout | Joel Chandler HarrisHe was exultant from the standpoint of a happy spiritual experience and triumphant as he gazed beyond this mortal life.
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It | Rev. Samuel Vanderlip LeechHis eyes snapped vindictively as he watched the exultant ruffians.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. Matthews
British Dictionary definitions for exultant
/ (ɪɡˈzʌltənt) /
elated or jubilant, esp because of triumph or success
Derived forms of exultant
- exultance or exultancy, noun
- exultantly, adverb
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