as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
the nominee's jubilant acceptance speech before the cheering crowd
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Recent Examples of jubilant
The Context During the afternoon, the club's star players had traveled around the city in an open-top bus, waving to jubilant fans who had lined the streets.
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Chloe Mayer
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Or, at the very least, some positive signs that ease Messi’s annoyance, end the slew of disappointing results and give Beckham’s patience some respite from social media potshots by jubilant rivals.
—Martin Rogers, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Finally, Madonna puts on her coat and leaves, laughing, renewed and jubilant, no longer tired.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
The incident late Monday afternoon turned a jubilant parade into a tragedy that sent 50 people to hospitals for treatment of their injuries.
—Kwiyeon Ha, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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Chloe Mayer
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Or, at the very least, some positive signs that ease Messi’s annoyance, end the slew of disappointing results and give Beckham’s patience some respite from social media potshots by jubilant rivals.
—Martin Rogers, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Finally, Madonna puts on her coat and leaves, laughing, renewed and jubilant, no longer tired.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
The incident late Monday afternoon turned a jubilant parade into a tragedy that sent 50 people to hospitals for treatment of their injuries.
—Kwiyeon Ha, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jubilant
Adjective
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Her rapid rise has taken her across the globe, but on Saturday night the British-Jamaican designer made a triumphant return to her hometown London with an off-kilter Spring-Summer 2026 collection.—
Steve Salter,
CNN Money,
16 June 2025
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Case in point: The Real Housewives of Miami, which made a triumphant return to the small screen in 2021, years after its 2016 cancellation.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Sami Gibson, the mother who initiated the change at Curtis Elementary, was ecstatic about the playground during its opening in 2018.—
Samara Gerstle,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2025
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Most players would be ecstatic with that statline after four quarters.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2025
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By agreeing on the eventual package of £116m, Hughes and Rolfes were able to shake hands and both feel proud of the outcome.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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But while Boyle is proud of his influence on the zombie film landscape, he’s mostly abstained from watching any of those movies himself.—
Jake Kleinman,
Wired News,
20 June 2025
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June 11, 2025 Music 13 of the late Brian Wilson’s finest songs to revisit Wilson leaves a singularly inventive, exultant body of work that scripted California to the world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The exultant right-wing influencers who cheer on MAGA’s sassy clapback anti-diplomacy should remember that insulting another country’s politicians is like insulting someone else’s family.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Jubilant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jubilant. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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