Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exultingly joyful.
- adjective Expressing joy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rejoicing, as with songs or acclamations; uttering sounds or expressions of joy: as, to be jubilant over success.
- Expressing or exciting joy; manifesting or denoting exultation or gladness.
- Synonyms Exultant, triumphant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In a state of
elation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective full of high-spirited delight
- adjective joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The atmosphere was jubilant from the moment we walked in to the very last moment in our private villa outside the entrance.
LA Wine Fest 2006 – California Wine with a Hollywood Twist 2006
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As Barry Bonds nears Babe Ruth's career total of 714 home runs, play-by-play announcers are facing an awkward first: how do you call a jubilant moment that many people believe is, on some level, a fraud?
Bonds: Tough Call 2007
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Canterbury as they gathered in jubilant groups outside places of business and beside their front gates, talking excitedly together.
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The poet, now in jubilant spirits, collected all the compositions of which his taste approved, and had them printed near him, so that correct proof-sheets might be sent to the publishers across the Ocean.
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Labeling her Obama's "baby mama" and calling her jubilant fist jab a "terrorist fist jab," is only the beginning of the nastiness.
Bonnie Fuller: Michelle Obama's War Against the W(B)itchhunters 2008
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Conrig smiled, recalling the jubilant face of his brother Stergos as the doctor relayed the windspoken message of Princess Ullanoth: The gates of the palace are wide open, and most of its garrison has fallen to my sorcery.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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I recall the jubilant ring of Ben Hill as, lifting an old placard on
The old South, 1904
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He said the crew of the Maersk Alabama was "jubilant" when they received word that Phillips was safe.
Captain Richard Phillips rescued from Somali savages. FIDO The Dog 2009
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Jon M. Huntsman Jr. - who described himself as "jubilant" about Divine Strake's cancellation - were in the front lines of the opposition, right next to antiwar progressives.
Hold the Mushrooms 2007
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He adds that they are "jubilant" about Pennsylvania the ejection of Rick Santorum from elected politics really is a richly deserved event, though nowhere near sufficient for today
Archive 2006-11-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006
mohitanand commented on the word jubilant
adjective: full of high-spirited delight because of triumph or success
My hardwork paid off, and I was jubilant to receive a perfect score on the GRE.
October 19, 2016