exultant
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- exultance noun
- exultantly adverb
- nonexultant adjective
- nonexultantly adverb
- unexultant adjective
- unexultantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of exultant
1645–55; < Latin ex ( s ) ultant- (stem of ex ( s ) ultāns ), present participle of exultāre to exult; -ant
Example Sentences
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The exultant young Venezuelan conductor’s message was: There is no North, South or Central America.
From Los Angeles Times
I interviewed both Europeans on that green and it was clear Fitzpatrick was desperate to celebrate with exultant visiting fans.
From BBC
Take an absolutely exultant R&B track, then let a cat walk all over the punch-in triggers on the mix console.
From Los Angeles Times
For “The Cortège” is also exultant — a procession, yes, but a walk into an imagined world.
From Los Angeles Times
Wilson leaves a singularly inventive, exultant body of work that scripted California to the world.
From Los Angeles Times
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