exultant

[ ig-zuhl-tnt ]

adjective

1. exulting; highly elated; jubilant; triumphant.

exultant

/ ɪɡˈzʌltənt /

adjective

1. elated or jubilant, esp because of triumph or success

Derived Forms

• exˈultantly, adverb
• exˈultance, noun

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of exultant¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

From 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.

From The Daily Beast

In the clubhouse afterward, Ruth was naturally exultant over his 60th homer.

From The Daily Beast

I spoke to him after the bill passed in December and he was exultant, feeling he had accomplished something of lasting value.

From The Daily Beast

The day he wins the Pulitzer Prize, I call him again, exultant.

From The 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.

From Project Gutenberg

Waiting until an exultant roar of applause had died away, he delivered his most effective hit.

From Project Gutenberg

Her mood was almost exultant, though she had been gloomy enough when I first disturbed her.

From Project Gutenberg

He was exultant from the standpoint of a happy spiritual experience and triumphant as he gazed beyond this mortal life.

From Project Gutenberg

His eyes snapped vindictively as he watched the exultant ruffians.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• delighted
• ecstatic
• elated
• joyful
• joyous
• jubilant
• overjoyed
• triumphant