exultant

[US]/ɪɡˈzʌltənt/
[UK]/ɪɡˈzʌltənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. filled with extreme joy or happiness.

Example Sentences

she felt exultant and powerful.

The exultant crowds were dancing in the streets.

exultant shouts of joy

exultant feeling of accomplishment

Real-world Examples

Her tone was loud, exultant. She drank and passed the cup to Bernard.

Source: Brave New World

He was an old man, so lately exultant in the full strength of manhood.

Source: The South and the North (Part 2)

He felt exultant, like an emperor surveying his world.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

The young gentleman uttered this exultant sound with mysterious significance.

Source: A Tale of Two Cities (Original Version)

The air was filled with glad cries, with exultant shouts.

Source: Vancouver Legend

I stumbled into an opening, briefly exultant that I was near freedom.

Source: Me Before You

But it was not a shout of execration—not a yell of exultant cruelty.

Source: Adam Bede (Volume Four)

'Exactly, ' said Stephen, inwardly exultant, for he was really deceived by Knight's off-hand manner.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

" Why, of course" ! cried Biddy, with an exultant face. " Don't you see? It's him" !

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

Then above the confused sounds Stuart Tarleton's voice rose, in an exultant shout " Yee-aay-ee" ! as if he were on the hunting field.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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