exultant B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ɪɡˈzʌl.tənt/ See IPA manual Freq #93700 Meanings 1 adj Feeling and showing great joy and pride, especially after a success. The exultant team carried their captain around the field after winning. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · feeling and showing great... triumphantjubilantjoyful ↔ Opposites downcastmiserableunhappy Word family Forms exultantly Etymology AI details From Latin exsultāns, present participle of exsultō (“rejoice; boast”). See also exult. *sel- Proto-Indo-European exsultāns Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # exultant **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪɡˈzʌl.tənt/ **Frequency rank:** 93700 ## Meanings 1. Feeling and showing great joy and pride, especially after a success. ## Examples - The exultant team carried their captain around the field after winning. ## Antonyms - downcast - miserable - unhappy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *sel- - Root: exsultāns ## Etymology From Latin exsultāns, present participle of exsultō (“rejoice; boast”). See also exult. ## AI Etymology Exultant comes from Latin exsultāns, present participle of exsultō (“rejoice; boast”). See also exult. In current use, the main sense is “Feeling and showing great joy and pride, especially after a success”. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown