exultant
adjective
ex·ul·tant
ig-ˈzəl-tᵊnt 
: filled with or expressing great joy or triumph : jubilant
an exultant cheer
exultant fans
exultantly
adverb
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The crowd let out an exultant cheer.
Researchers are exultant over the new discovery.
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Dan Hurley, whose loss is the Eagles’ gain, was exultant on social media after the news broke.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
After two days of hiking, the pilgrims arrived in Chartres looking sweaty and exultant.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Paltrow, in her first major non-Marvel role in a decade, plays a former star coming out of early retirement with exultant grandeur and aching vulnerability.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The Georgia coaches were exultant.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
After two days of hiking, the pilgrims arrived in Chartres looking sweaty and exultant.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Paltrow, in her first major non-Marvel role in a decade, plays a former star coming out of early retirement with exultant grandeur and aching vulnerability.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The Georgia coaches were exultant.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exultant
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“Exultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exultant. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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