jubilant

jubilant
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. joyful; triumphant, exultant; elated, rejoicing, in high spirits. See cheerfulness. Ant., sad, morose.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. rejoicing, exultant, elated, celebrating; see happy 1 , 2 , triumphant .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
joyful, elated, overjoyed, rejoicing, exultant, exhilarated, triumphant, celebrating, thrilled, euphoric, *beside oneself, *on cloud nine.
ANT.: miserable, dejected, despondent, downhearted
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Feeling or expressing an uplifting joy over a success or victory: exultant, triumphant. See HAPPY.

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  • jubilant — jubilánt adj. m., pl. jubilánţi; f. sg. jubilántă, pl. jubilánte Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  JUBILÁNT, Ă adj. care jubilează. (< fr. jubilant) …   Dicționar Român

  • jubilant — jubilant, ante (ju bi lan, lan t ) adj. Qui jubile. Un air jubilant …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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  • jubilant — (adj.) 1660s, from L. jubilantem (nom. jubilans), prp. of jubilare to call to someone, in Christian writers, to shout for joy, related to jubilum wild shout. First attested in Milton. Related: Jubilantly …   Etymology dictionary

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  • jubilant — [adj] happy celebrating, doing handsprings*, elated, enraptured, euphoric, excited, exuberant, exultant, exulting, flipping, flying*, glad, gleeful, joyous, overjoyed, pleased, rejoicing, rhapsodic, thrilled, tickled*, triumphal, triumphant;… …   New thesaurus

  • jubilant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ happy and triumphant. DERIVATIVES jubilance noun jubilantly adverb …   English terms dictionary

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