exultant

[ ig-zuhl-tnt ]

/ ɪgˈzʌl tnt /

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adjective

exulting; highly elated; jubilant; triumphant.

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Origin of exultant

1645–55; <Latin ex(s)ultant- (stem of ex(s)ultāns), present participle of exultāre to exult; see -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM exultant

ex·ult·ant·ly, adverbnon·ex·ult·ant, adjectivenon·ex·ult·ant·ly, adverbun·ex·ult·ant, adjective

un·ex·ult·ant·ly, adverb

Words nearby exultant

exuberate, exudate, exudation, exude, exult, exultant, exultation, exurb, exurban, exurbanite, exurbia

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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 Post
The 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|DAILY BEAST
In the clubhouse afterward, Ruth was naturally exultant over his 60th homer.
Babe Ruth’s Summer of Records|Bill Bryson|September 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I spoke to him after the bill passed in December and he was exultant, feeling he had accomplished something of lasting value.
Joe Lieberman Retiring From the Senate|Howard Kurtz|January 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The day he wins the Pulitzer Prize, I call him again, exultant.
My Teacher Who Brought Magic to Room 205|Susan Jane Gilman|July 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
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 Kipling
Waiting until an exultant roar of applause had died away, he delivered his most effective hit.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Her mood was almost exultant, though she had been gloomy enough when I first disturbed her.
A Little Union Scout|Joel Chandler Harris
He 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 Leech
His 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

exultant

/ (ɪɡˈzʌltənt) /

adjective

elated or jubilant, esp because of triumph or success

Derived forms of exultant

exultance or exultancy, nounexultantly, adverb

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