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Definition: Exulting |
ExultingAdjective1. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "exulting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: ExultingSynonyms: exultant (adj), jubilant (adj), prideful (adj), rejoicing (adj), triumphal (adj), triumphant (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cheerfulness | Elate, elated; exulting, jubilant, flushed; rejoicing;elate, elated; exulting, jubilant, flushed; rejoicing; cock-a-hoop. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Exulting |
| Specialty definitions using "exulting": Venus de Medicis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "exulting": Exult. (references) |
| "Exulting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "Exulting" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 94.74% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "exulting". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Irpeel | N/A | Biblical | Exulting of God |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Language | Translations for "exulting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | exultant (exultant). (various references) | |
German | frohlockend (crowing, exultant, gleeful, jubilant, rejoicing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ujjongó (cock-a-hoop, elated, exultant, jubilant), győzelemtől mámoros (exultant, flushed with victory), győzelemtől ittas (exultant), diadalittas (elate with victory, exultant), örvendező (exultant, glad, jubilant), örvendő (exultant, glad, rejoicing), örömtől kitörő (exultant). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | exultingay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exulting": exultingly. (additional references) | |
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"Exulting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exculting, exultion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-l-n-t-u-x" | |
-1 letter: eluting. | |
-2 letters: englut, gentil, glutei, gluten, gunite, lutein, luting, tingle. | |
-3 letters: elint, exult, glint, guile, guilt, ingle, inlet, ixtle, legit, lunet, lunge, lungi, tinge, unite, unlet, unlit, untie, until, utile. | |
-4 letters: etui, exit, gelt, gent, genu, gien, gilt, glen, glue, glut, iglu, ilex, lent, lien, lieu, line, ling, lint, lite, litu, luge, lune, lung. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-l-n-t-u-x" | |
+2 letters: exultingly, sextupling. | |
+3 letters: exculpating. | |
+4 letters: multiplexing. | |
+5 letters: expostulating. | |
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