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Definition: Exultant |
ExultantAdjective1. 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 "exultant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Etymology: Exultant \Ex*ult"ant\, adjective. [Latin expression exsultans, exsultantis, present participle of exsultare. See Exult.]. (references) |
Synonyms: ExultantSynonyms: exulting (adj), jubilant (adj), prideful (adj), rejoicing (adj), triumphal (adj), triumphant (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Boasting | Elate, elated; jubilant, triumphant, exultant; in high feather; flushed, flushed with victory;elate, elated; jubilant, triumphant, exultant; in high feather; flushed, flushed with victory; cock-a-hoop; on stilts. |
Hope | Adjective: hoping; Verb: in hopes; Noun: hopeful, confident; secure; (certain); sanguine, in good heart, buoyed up, buoyant, elated, flushed, exultant, enthusiastic; heartsome; utopian. |
Rejoicing | Adjective: rejoicing; Verb: jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Exultant |
| English words defined with "exultant": exultantly, exultingly ♦ joyful, joyous ♦ Ovant ♦ Triumplant. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Exultant" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (exultant, exulting), Latin (exult, jump about, let oneself go). |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | And the air is thick with their company as they call to me, their kinsman, making ready to go, shaking the wings of their exultant and terrible youth |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Exultant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exultant" is used about 54 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 54 | 46,184 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
exultant q.com | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "exultant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ngazëllyer. (various references) | |
Arabic | متهلل (jubilant), مبتهج (alacrity, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, debonair, delighted, delightful, elate, elated, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, mellow, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, palmy, rejoicing, upbeat), جذل (be glad, cheerful, exuberant, exult, exultation, glad, happy, hilarious, jubilation, rapt, rapture, rapturous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | тържествуващ (cock-a-hoop, jubilant, triumphant), ликуващ (elated, gleeful, jubilant). (various references) | |
Chinese | 兴高采烈 (Ebullient, Elation). (various references) | |
Czech | triumfální (triumphal, triumphant), plesající, jásající (cheering). (various references) | |
Farsi | جست وخیزکننده (Skipper), شاد (Cheery, Debonair, Glad, Happy, Joyful, Merry). (various references) | |
Finnish | riemukas (joyful), riemuitseva (jubilant). (various references) | |
French | exultant (exulting), jubilant. (various references) | |
German | frohlockend (crowing, exulting, gleeful, jubilant, rejoicing). (various references) | |
Greek | θριαμβευτικόσ (jubilant, triumphal, triumphant). (various references) | |
Hebrew | צו"ל (exuberant, gleeful, gleesome, hilarious, joyful, jubilant, rollicking). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ujjongó (cock-a-hoop, elated, exulting, jubilant). (various references) | |
Italian | esultante (elated, jubilant). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 意気揚揚 (in high spirits, triumphant), 意気揚々 (in high spirits, triumphant). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いきようよう (in high spirits, triumphant). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | exultantay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | exultante (elate, high-minded, triumphant). (various references) | |
Russian | ликующий (cock-a-hoop, gleeful, jubilant, triumphant). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | likujući. (various references) | |
Spanish | eufórico (exuberant), jubiloso (cock-a-hoop, gleeful, joyful, joyous, jubilant). (various references) | |
Swedish | triumferande (cock-a-hoop, triumphant), jublande (jubilant). (various references) | |
Turkish | sevinçten uçan (jubilant), çok sevinçli (jubilant). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | радіючий, тріумфуючий (triumphant). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hoan hỉ, hả hê (gloatingly), hân hoan (cheery, elate, elated, gleeful, gleesome, joyful, triumphant), hớn hở (smiling, sunny, sunshiny), đắc chí. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oi eufrainomenoi epi kakoiV kai caironteV epi diastrofh kakh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui laetantur cum malefecerint et exultant in rebus pessimis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That forsothe gladen, whan thei don euele, and ful out ioyen in werst thingus; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Nga nagamaya sa pagbuhat ug dautan, Ug nagakalipay sa pagkabinalitad sa tawong dautan; |
| Croatian | koji se vesele èineæi zlo i likuju u opaèinama zloæe; |
| Danish | som glæder sig ved at gøre ondt og jubler over vrangt og ondt, |
| Dutch | Die blijde zijn in het kwaad doen, zich verheugen in de verkeerdheden des kwaden; |
| Finnish | niistä, jotka iloitsevat pahanteosta, riemuitsevat häijystä kavaluudesta, |
| French | Qui trouvent de la jouissance faire le mal, Qui mettent leur plaisir dans la perversité, |
| German | die sich freuen, Böses zu tun, und sind fröhlich in ihrem bösen, verkehrten Wesen, |
| Hungarian | A kik örülnek gonoszt cselekedvén, vígadnak a gonosz álnokságokon. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka mendapatkan kesenangan dari perbuatan mereka yang jahat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | yang suka akan berbuat jahat serta bergemar akan mengadakan celaka yang membinasakan, |
| Italian | che godono nel fare il male, gioiscono dei loro propositi perversi; |
| Korean | 행 악 하 기 를 기 뻐 하 며 악 인 의 패 역 을 즐 거 워 하 나 니 |
| Maori | E koa ana, i a ratou e mahi ana i te kino, e hari ana ki nga tikanga parori ke o te kino; |
| Norwegian | som gleder sig ved å gjøre ondt og jubler over onde, forvendte gjerninger, |
| Portuguese | que se alegram de fazer o mal, e se deleitam nas perversidades dos maus; |
| Rumanian | cari se bucurq sq facq rqul, wi kwi pun plqcerea kn rqutate, |
| Russian | ПФ ФЕИ, ЛПФПТЩЕ ТБ"ХАФУС, "ЕМБС ЪМП, ЧПУИЙЭБАФУС ЪМЩН ТБЪЧТБФПН, |
| Spanish | que se alegran haciendo el mal y que se gozan en las perversidades del mal, |
| Swedish | från dem som glädjas att göra om och fröjda sig åt ondskans vrånga väsen, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exultant": exultantly. (additional references) | |
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"Exultant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exaltata, Exsultate, exulant, exultnt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "exultant" (pronounced igzu"ltunt) |
| 7 | -z u" l t u n t | resultant. |
| 6 | -u" l t u n t | consultant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, assistant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consistent, constant, contestant, important, impotent, inadvertent, decongestant, disinfectant, distant, existent, exorbitant, expectant, extant, hesitant, incompetent, inconsistent, inhabitant, insistent, instant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, nonexistent, omnipotent, patent, penitent, persistent, pollutant, potent, protestant, reluctant, repentant, resistant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-n-t-t-u-x" | |
-1 letter: textual. | |
-2 letters: attune, eluant, extant, latent, latten, lunate, luxate, nutate, nutlet, talent, tauten. | |
-3 letters: exalt, exult, laten, latex, latte, leant, lunet, lutea, taunt, ulnae, unlet. | |
-4 letters: ante, aunt, axel, axle, eaux, elan, etna, lane, late, lean, lent, luna, lune, lunt, lute, luxe, neat, nett, next, tael, tale, tate, taut, teal, teat, tela, tent, text. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n-t-t-u-x" | |
+2 letters: contextual, exultantly, exultation. | |
+3 letters: exultations. | |
+4 letters: contextually, intertextual. | |
+5 letters: antisexuality, contextualize, expostulating, expostulation. | |
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