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jubilant

[joo-buh-luhnt]

adjective

  1. feeling or showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant.

    the cheers of the jubilant victors;

    the jubilant climax of his symphony.



jubilant

/ ˈːɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. feeling or expressing great joy

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Other Word Forms

  • jubilance noun
  • jubilancy noun
  • jubilantly adverb
  • unjubilant adjective
  • unjubilantly adverb
  • ˈܲԳ noun
  • ˈܲԳٱ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jubilant1

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin ūԳ-, stem of ūԲ “shouting,” present participle of ū “to shout, whoop”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jubilant1

C17: from Latin ūԲ shouting for joy, from ū to give a joyful cry, from ūܳ a shout, wild cry
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On what was a day of jubilant celebrations, the news of a car hitting a crowd of onlookers during Liverpool's Premier League victory parade sent shockwaves across the country.

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But a few hundred yards away, a large Ford family car was trying to make its way through the dense crowds of jubilant supporters on a road which was supposed to be closed.

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In Delhi's corridors of power, the atmosphere was initially jubilant, an Indian government source told the BBC.

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"I thought that I'd be jubilant and skipping around but actually, I feel quite sad, which I didn't think I would feel," she said.

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He was met by a jubilant group of staff and former colleagues, all eager to shake his hand and congratulate him.

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