exultation

Noun

Meaning

The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rejoicing jubilation jubilance jubilancy jubilee bliss felicity glee rapture jollity joviality transport pleasure celebration happiness
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Antonyms

blues depression heartache aggravation bullhead upset
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Hypernyms

joy utterance joyfulness vocalization joyousness

Hyponyms

triumph

Examples

Play is the exultation of the possible. Martin Buber

A hymn is the praise of God with song; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice. Thomas Aquinas

We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. Douglas MacArthur

The chief characteristics of the tall building is that it is lofty. It must be every inch a proud and soaring thing, rising in sheer exultation so that from bottom to top it should be a unit without a single dissenting line. Louis Sullivan

I've suffered the deepest despair and experienced the highest exultation. I made a small place for myself in the story of America and the history of my times. John McCain

Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind. Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultation. Suddenly, you know you are alive. Vera Nazarian

Close letter words and terms

exultate exultating exultatingly Exultet exulting exultingly