exultant
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Synonyms for exultant
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cock-a-hoop, crank [chiefly dialect], crowing, exulting, glorying, jubilant, prideful, proud, rejoicing, triumphant
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The score, three selections by popular Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, range in mood from elegiac to exultant. — Janine Parker, BostonGlobe.com, "At Jacob’s Pillow, Gallim offers dances of hope and humanity," 8 Aug. 2019 Paris became the center of the world, and Stardust provided the exultant soundtrack. — Kat Bein, Billboard, "Stardust On The Gay Bars, Firings & Failures That Led To 'Music Sounds Better With You'," 28 June 2019 The mind recoils at what the eye drinks in: Radiant color swiped in exultant strokes, greedily lapped up while rot and violence abound. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "This Boston artist shunned the limelight. He deserves to be famous.," 1 Aug. 2019 An exultant Chris Christie, cruising to re-election as governor of New Jersey in 2013, told me in an interview what writers don’t understand about modern politics. — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, "A Magic Pony Is the Wrong Horse to Back," 13 Dec. 2018 A few feet away, her husband seemed exultant, chatting up a peer from Brigham Young University’s Class of 1971, suggesting best practices for medal distribution to volunteers, spotting a gentleman in a hoodie from his former city. — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, "Mitt Romney Wants In Again. There Is One Catch.," 10 June 2018 Their own path was charted years ago by clotheshorses and exultant dressers André 3000 and Diddy. — Samuel Hine, GQ, "The Elusive Lil Uzi Vert Talks Jeff Koons and How He Found His Voice in Fashion," 14 May 2018 The artwork, which is exultant and has been likened to classic Greek sculpture, is one of 21 artworks that are part of this year's installation of Sculpture Milwaukee along Wisconsin Ave. — Mary Louise Schumacher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Friday's the unveiling for Sculpture Milwaukee on Wisconsin Ave.; here's a first look," 1 June 2018 The central government is exultant, since the project which irrigates Beijing was built at vast cost and against some opposition. — The Economist, "China has built the world’s largest water-diversion project," 5 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exultant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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