exultant

[ ig-zuhl-tnt ]

/ ɪgˈzʌl tnt /

exulting; highly elated; jubilant; triumphant.

Origin of exultant

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

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

The circulation boys fell on our paper with exultant gurgles, and the next night we lifted the press run by 10,000 copies.

The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire |H.L. Mencken |October 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I spoke to him after the bill passed in December and he was exultant, feeling he had accomplished something of lasting value.

Joe Lieberman Retiring From the Senate |Howard Kurtz |January 18, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The day he wins the Pulitzer Prize, I call him again, exultant.

My Teacher Who Brought Magic to Room 205 |Susan Jane Gilman |July 20, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Again he won his stake, an omen for the day, and was exultant.

Mr. Scarborough's Family |Anthony Trollope

Religion lives in its conscious, exultant power to create spiritual heroes, not in looking back to admire its own handiwork.

The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews |Thomas Charles Edwards
The cavalry in the rear draw their sabers, dash upon the exultant foe, but it is an ineffectual charge.

Following the Flag |Charles Carleton Coffin
With exultant yells, their left comes sweeping on, wheeling to envelop our right.

In The Ranks |R. E. McBride
Before nightfall one of his brigades was ferried across and deployed in front of the exultant enemy.

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln |John G. Nicolay

exultant

/ (ɪɡˈzʌltənt) /

elated or jubilant, esp because of triumph or success

exultance or exultancy, noun exultantly, adverb