exult

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/ɪɡˈzʌlt/

verb

To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).

Similar
walk on airbe on cloud ninejump for joyexuberaterejoicetriumphjubilate
OriginMiddle French exulter ← Latin exsultō →
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Meanings

verbexult (third-person singular simple present exults, present participle exulting, simple past and past participle exulted)

present singular third person exults · participle present exulting · participle past exulted · past exulted

  1. intransitiveTo rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).

    I took a deep breath; a locomotive howled across-the darkness, Mobile-bound. So were we. I took off my shirt and exulted.

    1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

verbfeel extreme happiness or elation

Similar
walk on airbe on cloud ninejump for joy
Broader
rejoicejoy

verbto express great joy

Similar
exuberaterejoicetriumphjubilate
Broader
cheercheer upchirk up
Also see
exuberatejubilatejump for joyrejoicetriumphwalk on air

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinexsultō
  2. Middle Frenchexulter
  3. Englishexult

From Middle French exulter, from Latin exsultō, frequentative of exsiliō (“jump up”), from ex- + saliō (“jump, leap”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek βλεμεαίνω
  • βλεμεαίνω (blemeaínō)rejoice
Arabic مرح
  • مرح (mariḥa)rejoice
Bulgarian лику́вам, тържеству́вам
  • лику́вам (likúvam)rejoice
  • тържеству́вам (tăržestvúvam)rejoice
Catalan exultar
  • exultarrejoice
Czech jásat, radovat se
  • jásatrejoice
  • radovat serejoice
  • plesatrejoice
Dutch jubelen
  • jubelenrejoice
Finnish riemuita
  • riemuitarejoice
French exulter
  • exulterrejoice
German jubeln, jauchzen
  • jubelnrejoice
  • jauchzenrejoice
Italian esultare
  • esultarerejoice
Japanese 狂喜する
  • 狂喜する (kyōki-suru)rejoice
Latin exsultō
  • exsultōrejoice
Māori whakamanamana, titihaoa
  • whakamanamanarejoice
  • titihaoarejoice
Polish nie posiadać się z radości
  • nie posiadać się z radościrejoice
Portuguese exultar
  • exultarrejoice
Russian ликова́ть, торжествова́ть
  • ликова́ть (likovátʹ)rejoice
  • торжествова́ть (toržestvovátʹ)rejoice
Spanish exultar
  • exultarrejoice

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with exult

resultadultconsultinsultoccultulttumultantepenultcomplisultconstultdeath cultpenultpreantepenultpropreantepenult
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Cite this entry
APA

exult. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exult

MLA

“exult.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exult. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exult,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exult.

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