exultant

English

Etymology

From Latin exsultāns, present participle of exsultō (“rejoice; boast”). See also exult.

Adjective

exultant

1. Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.

Synonyms

synonyms

• merry
• happy
• gay
• ecstatic
• content
• joyful
• cheerful
• pleased
• jovial
• jubilant
• triumphant

Antonyms

• downcast
• miserable
• unhappy

Derived terms

• exultantly

Related terms

• exult

Translations

very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure

• Bulgarian: ликуващ (bg) (likuvašt)
• Catalan: exultant
• Russian: торжествующий (ru) (toržestvujuščij), ликующий (ru) (likujuščij)
• Spanish: exultante (es), jubiloso (es)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əɡ.zulˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɡ.zulˈtant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eɡ.zulˈtant]

Etymology 1

Adjective

exultant m or f (masculine and feminine plural exultants)

1. exultant

Etymology 2

Verb

exultant

1. gerund of exultar

French

Adjective

exultant (feminine exultante, masculine plural exultants, feminine plural exultantes)

1. exultant

Participle

exultant

1. present participle of exulter

Further reading

• “exultant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

exultant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of exultō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exultant.

Adjective

exultant m or n (feminine singular exultantă, masculine plural exultanți, feminine and neuter plural exultante)

1. exultant

Declension

Declension of exultant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	exultant		exultantă	exultanți	exultante
	definite	exultantul		exultanta	exultanții	exultantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	exultant		exultante	exultanți	exultante
	definite	exultantului		exultantei	exultanților	exultantelor