jubilation

[ joo-buh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

1. a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation:

   Their jubilation subsided when they lost the second game.

2. a joyful or festive celebration.

jubilation

/ ˌdʒuːbɪˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. a feeling of great joy and celebration

Word History and Origins

Origin of jubilation¹

1350–1400; Middle English jubilacioun (< Anglo-French ) < Latin jūbilātiōn- (stem of jūbilātiō ) a shouting for joy, equivalent to jūbilāt- ( jubilate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Wichita State grabbed the rebound and Alterique Gilbert got a good look at a game-winning three, but it bounced harmlessly away, setting off jubilation among the Bulldogs.

From Washington Post

Alex Ovechkin lifted his hands in jubilation and yelled as his 708th career goal doubled as the overtime winner Saturday night at Capital One Arena.

From Washington Post

Inauguration musical performances, in their need to balance solemnity with jubilation, are always tricky propositions.

From Time

The fact that I was neither outraged nor filled with jubilation was not only unacceptable, but also placed me in the minority.

From The Daily Beast

As such, being led through the set by production designer Michael Shaw is a journey best described as “claustrophobic jubilation.”

From The Daily Beast

Arriving at the Melody Ballroom, the atmosphere was a frenzy of joy, jubilation and holy bedlam.

From The Daily Beast

There was a great deal of jubilation in the cottage and then Cunningham himself came to visit us to congratulate us in person.

From The Daily Beast

Jubilation might be a more appropriate term for the public that has so longed for this to happen.

From The Daily Beast

There was much jubilation among the garrison at this outcome of the long-expected and dreaded attack.

From Project Gutenberg

He was received in London with jubilation, and was richly pensioned for his heroic adventures.

From Project Gutenberg

But he did not fall, and her expression of jubilation changed to disappointment.

From Project Gutenberg

"Nobly," agreed Captain Mayo, allowing himself a moment of jubilation, even though the dreaded shoals were ahead.

From Project Gutenberg

And spurring his horse, he emerged from the thicket, leaving the gauchos there, in a state of jubilation impossible to describe.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• happiness
• joy