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
Industry reaction was swift — and jubilant.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was jubilant.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
The mood was low-key but jubilant.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Later, as news of the military takeover filtered through to protesters, many were jubilant.
—CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was jubilant.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
The mood was low-key but jubilant.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Later, as news of the military takeover filtered through to protesters, many were jubilant.
—CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jubilant
Adjective
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Swaggering around the stage, Manow is triumphant, imperturbable.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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On November 30, 1680, a procession of new viceroys made their triumphant entry into Mexico City.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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White Christmas, Michael Curtiz's ecstatic musical about a song-and-dance duo working to save a Vermont lodge with the help of two mellifluous sisters.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Or does Lux ask us to crane our necks to appreciate base human longing that presents in ecstatic and horrific manifestations, in the hunger for all sorts of holy and unsavory connections?—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There are certainly some top-notch barbecue restaurants that made the cut, but the Michelin selection barely scratches the surface of the South’s long, proud barbecue tradition.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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What’s left now is a proud elite program trying to scrape its way into bowl season.—
D’Joumbarey Moreau,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Georgia coaches were exultant.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 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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“Jubilant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jubilant. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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