exultant

/ig'zʌltənt/

Thân thiện

The exultant team raises the championship trophy high.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeling or expressing great joy and pride, especially because of a triumph or success: Describes a state of elation and jubilation, often following an achievement or victory.

Usage

• Typical Contexts: Used to describe people, groups, or their expressions/behavior after a significant win, achievement, or positive outcome.
• Grammar Note: Functions as a standard adjective. Often used predicatively (e.g., "She was exultant") or attributively (e.g., "an exultant crowd").

Examples

• The team was exultant after winning the championship.
• She gave an exultant shout when she received the news.
• His exultant smile showed how proud he was of his accomplishment.

Advanced Usage

• "to be exultant at/in/over something": To feel or show great joy about a specific thing.
  • The fans were exultant over their team's historic victory.
• Exultantly (adverb): The manner of being exultant.
  • He waved the trophy exultantly to the cheering crowd.

Variants and Related Words

• Exult (verb): To feel or show triumphant elation or jubilation.
  • They exulted in their hard-fought freedom.
• Exultation (noun): A feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing.
  • The streets were filled with a sense of exultation.

Synonyms

• Jubilant: Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
• Triumphant: Having won a battle or contest; victorious and joyful.
• Elated: Ecstatically happy.
• Overjoyed: Extremely happy.

Antonyms

• Dejected: Sad and depressed; dispirited.
• Despondent: In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
• Crestfallen: Sad and disappointed.

Idioms and Phrases

• "An exultant heart": A heart filled with joy and triumph.
  • With an exultant heart, she accepted the award.
• "To be exultant in victory": To be openly and proudly joyful after winning.
  • It's important to be gracious, not just exultant in victory.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
   • rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day
   • a triumphal success
   • a triumphant shout

Từ đồng nghĩa

• exulting
• jubilant
• prideful
• rejoicing
• triumphal
• triumphant