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for exultant
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Exultant \Ex*ult"ant\, a. [L. exsultans, exsultantis, p. pr. of
exsultare. See Exult.]
Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing,
exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.
[1913 Webster]
Break away, exultant, from every defilement. --I.
Tay;or.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
exultant
adj 1: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or
success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day";
"a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn:
exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful,
rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "exultant":
bursting with happiness, carried away, cock-a-hoop, crowing,
delighted, delighting, ecstatic, elate, elated, enchanted,
enraptured, enravished, entranced, exalted, exuberant, exulting,
flushed, freaked out, glad, gleeful, gloating, happy, high,
imparadised, in ecstasies, in heaven, in high feather, in paradise,
in raptures, in seventh heaven, joyful, joyous, jubilant,
on cloud nine, overjoyed, overjoyful, possessed, rapt, raptured,
rapturous, ravished, rejoicing, rhapsodic, sent, transported,
triumphal, triumphant
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