verb
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to be joyful or jubilant, esp because of triumph or success; rejoice
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(often foll by over) to triumph (over); show or take delight in the defeat or discomfiture (of)
Usage
What does exult mean? Exult means to express or experience triumph or happiness, as in The gambler always exults after winning the big jackpot. Exult can be confused for the similarly spelled word exalt. Exalt has several meanings, including to elevate in rank, power or quality and to praise.Example: Your project winning a national contest is something to exult about!
Other Word Forms
- exultation noun
- exultingly adverb
- self-exulting adjective
Etymology
Origin of exult
1560–70; < Latin ex ( s ) ultāre to leap up, equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + -sultāre (combining form of saltāre to leap)
Example Sentences
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Mr. Herzog is interested in everything, and makes everything interesting, exulting in all of the world’s settings, the stranger the better.
They are exceptionally lovely; even the driest of his working drawings—for example, the construction details for an iron bookstand—exult in line and color in a way utterly alien to modern practice.
“No grownups!” the boys exult, upon realizing they are on a deserted island after the plane evacuating them from Britain is shot down.
Others have exulted that AI will free us from busywork—and perhaps all work entirely.
In another refrain found in many poems, the women exult: “I have become cool, free.”
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