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Definition of Jubilant
1. Adjective. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success. "A triumphant shout"
Similar to: Elated
Derivative terms: Exult, Exult, Jubilance, Jubilancy, Jubilate, Pridefulness, Triumph, Triumph, Triumph
2. Adjective. Full of high-spirited delight. "A joyful heart"
Similar to: Joyous
Derivative terms: Gleefulness, Joyfulness, Jubilance, Jubilancy, Jubilate
Definition of Jubilant
1. a. Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.
Definition of Jubilant
1. Adjective. In a state of elation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jubilant
1. exultant [adj] - See also: exultant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jubilant
Literary usage of Jubilant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Twice jubilant are the gods: thou hast established their offerings, Twice jubilant
are thy children : thou hast made their boundaries. ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... many circumstances by no means creditable to his discretion ; and the rejoicings
of his friends ought not, therefore, to have been scornfully jubilant. ..."
3. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1903)
"The subjects vary a good deal, but the scheme is generally in the same key ; the
idea nearly always frankly jubilant. Round-limbed children, baby Pans, ..."
4. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"r • i -ic We must take these various inconveniences into view, thoroughly to
appreciate the jubilant and grateful tone of a letter written by one of the ..."
5. A Private Chapter of the War by George W. Bailey (1880)
"Whites jubilant; negroes sorrowful; writer nonplussed. ... We spend the day
arranging our plans and receiving reports of jubilant rebel cavalrymen passing ..."
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