as in joy
an elated, joyful feeling
The crowd cheered in exultation when the home team scored.
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Recent Examples of exultation
As the music blared, there was laughter, screams of exultation and once again tears.
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Michael Duarte, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Once eight outs away from claiming victory in Game Seven of the 2019 World Series as a member of the Astros, Cole watched helplessly from the bullpen while the Washington Nationals wreaked havoc in the seventh inning as current teammate Juan Soto hoisted the Commissioner’s Trophy in exultation.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Armstrong is able to convey this material with a roar that doesn’t undercut its essential seriousness at all… even as the band is clearly ebullient in the moments when exultation feels like a natural response to this revitalization.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
The awkwardness of the first dose meant the exultation was that much greater after Holliday launched a slider 439 feet onto Eutaw Street Wednesday for his first big league home run and first big league grand slam.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
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Michael Duarte, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Once eight outs away from claiming victory in Game Seven of the 2019 World Series as a member of the Astros, Cole watched helplessly from the bullpen while the Washington Nationals wreaked havoc in the seventh inning as current teammate Juan Soto hoisted the Commissioner’s Trophy in exultation.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Armstrong is able to convey this material with a roar that doesn’t undercut its essential seriousness at all… even as the band is clearly ebullient in the moments when exultation feels like a natural response to this revitalization.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
The awkwardness of the first dose meant the exultation was that much greater after Holliday launched a slider 439 feet onto Eutaw Street Wednesday for his first big league home run and first big league grand slam.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exultation
Noun
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There’s sadness, but there’s also surface level joy throughout.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Creativity Bar, which started as a personal exploration, has now become a space for others to find their way back to joy.—
Amanda Miller Littlejohn,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His face registers every chord or riff with what could be torture or ecstasy.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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The ache at the sight of an empty mailbox was, in my memory, more than balanced out by the ecstasy at the letter that finally arrived.—
Melissa Kirsch,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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But in a crowded marketplace with fewer revenue streams, enough artists enrolled that, according to Pelly’s reporting, Spotify’s internal Slack channels were lit up with glee.—
Brad Shoup,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
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Which is why, for me, the hardest part of the story were finding testimonials, Andre 3000 was the only one with glee that expressed and saw what this was.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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But all the elation that greeted Johnson’s arrival doesn’t ensure winning, especially in a division as strong as the NFC North.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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Armed with metal detectors, a shovel, sifting screens and a 60-pound magnet, Levy has helped recover belongings for wildfire victims for more than 30 years – bringing tears of joy and shrieks of elation to despondent victims who have lost most everything else.—
Holly Yan,
CNN,
2 Feb. 2025
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Cowan appeared briefly at the end of the show – a parade of outlandish patterns and teased wigs – much to the delight of boyfriend Sam Smith who watched on alongside Kesha, who also camped out at the afterparty at Casa Cipriani.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Some presidents defy political gravity, to the delight of their impersonators.—
Sopan Deb,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Exultation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exultation. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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