EXULTED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

exulted

verb

past tense of exult

as in delighted

to feel or express joy or triumph the winners of the Super Bowl spent the next week exulting in their victory

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Recent Examples of exulted After Friday’s delay in the Paramount-WBD antitrust lawsuit, shares of both media companies slid in after-hours trading, foes of the merger exulted and observers tried to process the latest twist in the merger saga. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026 Watching from New Orleans, former Huskers star guard Tyronn Lue exulted. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026 Elon Musk exulted in swinging his chainsaw. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025

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delighted

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She was delighted by the story and assured me that had Bernard seen Eddie decapitate his work for a laugh, he would have been doubled over alongside my father.

— Jesse McLaren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
That opening-day land in Disney’s Animal Kingdom delighted families for 28 years, but officially closed in February 2026 to make way for an entirely new Tropical Americas land.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026