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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ig-zuhl-tnt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzʌl tnt

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Définition of exultant

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin exultantem/exsultantem, present participle of exultare/exsultare (see exult). Related: Exultantly.
  • adj very happy
Example sentences :
  • Many thousands had fallen and the Southern generals were exultant.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Then she was exultant, filled with enthusiastic pride in him.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • "O, you shall hear," she promised tearfully, exultant to prove him wrong.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • On from field to field, the line of gray followed in exultant pursuit.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
  • He felt his craft vibrate to the exultant cheers of the fleet.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
  • And Gyp, drawing a long, exultant breath, dropped her chin on her knees.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • Ashton stared moodily into the exultant face of the engineer.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Others thought that there wasn't very much to be exultant over.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • "It's great luck that Doris should be here," she said with an exultant note in her voice.
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge » by Pemberton Ginther
  • She nodded, and flashed a smile of exultant triumph round the hall.
  • Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice

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