Exult
verb
To be extremely happy and excited, especially because of something great that happened.
The team exulted in their victory for weeks.
Often appears as...
- exult in victory
- exult over success
verb
To show or express great happiness in a triumphant way, especially because of a success.
The fans exulted as their team scored the winning goal.
Often appears as...
- exult after winning
- exult with triumph
verb
To be extremely happy and excited, especially because of something great that happened.
The team exulted in their victory for weeks.
Often appears as...
- exult in victory
- exult over success
verb
To show or express great happiness in a triumphant way, especially because of a success.
The fans exulted as their team scored the winning goal.
Often appears as...
- exult after winning
- exult with triumph
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Achievement
Use 'exult' when someone is celebrating a significant achievement or success.
She exulted in receiving her diploma.
Pro Tip 2/3Shared Joy
'Exult' often reflects collective happiness, as in a group sharing the excitement.
The whole family exulted at the news of his safe return.
Pro Tip 3/3Intense Emotion
The word conveys a strong, intense feeling of happiness, not just a mild pleasure.
They exulted with every point scored during the game.
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Video examples
What Ping-Pong Taught Me...
You're learning how to play with somebody, rather than against her. And I'll confess, at first, this seemed to me to take all the fun out of the sport. I couldn't exult after a tremendous upset victory against our strongest players,
Video examples
What Ping-Pong Taught Me...
You're learning how to play with somebody, rather than against her. And I'll confess, at first, this seemed to me to take all the fun out of the sport. I couldn't exult after a tremendous upset victory against our strongest players,
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
Parading our own brilliance and exulting in other people's errors is not very nice. For that matter, even wanting to parade our own brilliance and exult in other people's errors is not very nice, although it is certainly very human.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious. Scientists exult in mystery for a different reason: It gives them something to do.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.
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John Masefield
English Poet
Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.
Quote examples
Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
Parading our own brilliance and exulting in other people's errors is not very nice. For that matter, even wanting to parade our own brilliance and exult in other people's errors is not very nice, although it is certainly very human.
Quote examples
Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious. Scientists exult in mystery for a different reason: It gives them something to do.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.
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John Masefield
English Poet
Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.
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