Definition of Exultant

1. Adjective. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success. "A triumphant shout"


Definition of Exultant

1. a. Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.

Definition of Exultant

1. Adjective. very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exultant

1. exulting [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exultant

exude
exuded
exudes
exuding
exul
exulcerans
exulceration
exulcerations
exulcerative
exuls
exult
exultance
exultances
exultancies
exultancy
exultant (current term)
exultantly
exultation
exultations
exulted
exulting
exultingly
exults
exumbilication
exundate
exundated
exundates
exundating
exundation
exungulate

Literary usage of Exultant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Puritans: Or, The Church, Court, and Parliament of England, During the by Samuel Hopkins (1861)
"CECIL'S exultant COMMENTS UPON IT. — REJOICING OF THE HOUSE. — THEY TENDER THEIR THANKS TO THE QUEEN IN A BODY. — HER MAJESTY'S REPLY. ..."

2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"... whilst observing, too, what—to their eyes — seemed the desperate plight of the garrison, there swept through the camps, French and Eng- exultant lish, ..."

3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"From thy strong city-gates, on to the fray " exultant go! Assail the Phrygian chiefs "Who tent them by thy beauteous river's marge, "And burn their painted ..."

4. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"exultant pride soon banish sorrow, Smiles chase tears away to-morrow. To arms 1 &c. Advance ;hc flr.g of Dixie 1 fcc. "Article First. ..."

5. War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis: Consisting of Observations by Henry Stuart Foote (1866)
"Tl indiscreetly exultant over it, and the North indignant.—Att certain Persons in the South to bring about the reopening of t can Slave-trade. ..."

6. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1820)
"About whom, the exultant starry fires Dance nimbly round in everlasting gyres. For this sense of the third and fourth verses, which we think the words will ..."

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