1
as in delighted
to feel or express joy or triumph
rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field
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2
as in pleased
to give satisfaction to
news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war
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Recent Examples of rejoiced
Radicals around the world rejoiced at Lincoln and his Grand Army of the Republic, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.
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Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Fans rejoiced when the veteran pop-rap group announced that the five-member classic lineup would return for the first time in eight years to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2025
Fans rejoiced in August when it was revealed that Michelin star dumpling house Din Tai Fung would be making its Arizona debut at Scottsdale Fashion Square in 2025.
—Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
Williams’ fans rejoiced that the lengthy trial had come to an end with his freedom, however conditional.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
After Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, elated Syrians rejoiced in the streets.
—Farrah Hassen, Sun Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
Fans rejoiced, and their zeal not only defibrillated McDonald's cultural capital but also excited a network effect that drove consumption—crowning the brand as the world's most effective marketing campaign at the 2023 global Effie Award.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Car enthusiasts meanwhile rejoiced last year when Honda opened its 20,000-square-foot American Honda Collection Hall museum to the public.
—Jessica Ritz, AFAR Media, 10 Dec. 2024
The dancer returned to the program in its closing moments, once again dropping to the floor, bending his body into pretzel shapes, and generally vibing as viewers rejoiced.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Fans rejoiced when the veteran pop-rap group announced that the five-member classic lineup would return for the first time in eight years to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2025
Fans rejoiced in August when it was revealed that Michelin star dumpling house Din Tai Fung would be making its Arizona debut at Scottsdale Fashion Square in 2025.
—Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
Williams’ fans rejoiced that the lengthy trial had come to an end with his freedom, however conditional.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
After Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, elated Syrians rejoiced in the streets.
—Farrah Hassen, Sun Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
Fans rejoiced, and their zeal not only defibrillated McDonald's cultural capital but also excited a network effect that drove consumption—crowning the brand as the world's most effective marketing campaign at the 2023 global Effie Award.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Car enthusiasts meanwhile rejoiced last year when Honda opened its 20,000-square-foot American Honda Collection Hall museum to the public.
—Jessica Ritz, AFAR Media, 10 Dec. 2024
The dancer returned to the program in its closing moments, once again dropping to the floor, bending his body into pretzel shapes, and generally vibing as viewers rejoiced.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoiced
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Wilson has been delighted at the response her video has gotten.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Business interests were delighted by the bill’s defeat.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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Magnitude had descended in the track’s estimation from the 2-1 morning line by post time to go off at 7-2, but Bracket Buster, who went off at 17-1 to place, pleased his trainer Victoria Oliver by stepping smartly out of the pack to challenge Sovereignty briefly at the top of the stretch.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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His effort to schmaltz Putin with a display of royal pageantry obviously pleased this murderous dictator to no end.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Packers satisfied a major need by adding an elite pass rusher.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Arsenal have been in talks with Porto over Kiwior, Stuttgart over Vieira and Fulham over Nelson, but no offer has satisfied their demands.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Manabe and colleagues found that the Southern Ocean warmed very slowly when atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increased because the surface waters were continually being replenished by these upwelling abyssal waters, which hadn’t yet warmed.—
Nadir Jeevanjee,
The Conversation,
3 Sep. 2025
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Switzerland has warmed at a rate twice the global average.—
Daniel A. Gross,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
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One account published in 2002 by Russian official Konstantin Pulikovsky claimed that the train carried cases of Bordeaux and Beaujolais wine from Paris, and that passengers feasted on live lobster and pork barbecue.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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Guests feasted on pizza, pasta, and gelato, and sipped on Aperol spritzes and Lambrusco from local winery Tomato Wheels, before leaving with a bottle of Rao's tomato sauce.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Leading up to kickoff of Belichick’s debut at Chapel Hill, college football, this community and certainly the TV networks were thrilled with the prospect of this grouchy old man turning an irrelevant football team into something worth watching.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Sep. 2025
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We were thrilled and honored to be a part of a very special time in music.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Rejoiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rejoiced. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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