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Definition of jubilant in English: jubilantadjective ˈdʒuːbɪl(ə)ntˈdʒubələnt Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph. a large number of jubilant fans ran on to the pitch Example sentencesExamples - A jubilant Oxford crew spray the bubbly as they celebrate an impressive row in the 151st Boat Race.
- The two had been out together the previous night, and Montgomery appeared tired but jubilant.
- Students, former guerrilla fighters, police and soldiers took to the streets in a jubilant parade.
- The mood was jubilant and Edith thought that her exile and imprisonment were finally over.
- At Martin's family home in neighbouring Conception Bay, however, the mood was jubilant.
- The jubilant crowd shrieked as the balls sailed into the stands' perimeters and crashed into the boundary.
- But those who took part were jubilant that in their eyes the event had been ‘such a success’.
- The jubilant winners said they would relax for a couple of days before preparing for the television round.
- More than 150 jubilant residents clapped and cheered as plans to build homes on a children's play area were thrown out.
- By the time I returned to my mother's, she was jubilant because she had received two phone calls to assure her that the bag was safe and well.
- It started on election night 1998 with John Howard jubilant before an ecstatic crowd.
- Mark Williams was jubilant after his title triumph ended his 26-month wait for a tournament win on home soil.
- The big fellow immediately sprinted towards jubilant home fans and was booked for throwing his jersey to the ground.
- The Sligo fans were definitely jubilant and dozens of camera phones captured the moment but that's as far as it went.
- And jubilant retail bosses are celebrating a similar success story throughout last year.
- After the game the jubilant fans carried on celebrating, filling the pubs and painting the Welsh capital blue and white.
- She walks slowly down a street now emptied of cars and people, but soon breaks into a jubilant run.
- Tourism bosses are jubilant at the publicity Scarborough is receiving prior to the 2004 holiday season.
- Foreign companies were jubilant, since they would get unprecedented access to the Chinese market.
- The streets were packed, and the mood was jubilant, as more and more policemen and women continued to pour in during the afternoon.
Synonyms overjoyed, exultant, triumphant, joyful, jumping for joy, rejoicing, cock-a-hoop, exuberant, elated, thrilled, gleeful, euphoric, ecstatic, beside oneself with happiness, enraptured, in raptures, rhapsodic, transported, walking on air, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine crowing, gloating, triumphal, triumphalist informal over the moon, on top of the world, blissed out, on a high, tickled pink North American informal wigged out Australian informal wrapped
Derivatives noun Just look at the delirious jubilance in York on Monday night after England scraped a 1-0 win over a woeful Germany. Example sentencesExamples - Eventually he explains that there is a golf competition on and our persistent jubilance is ruining it for every one.
- Gareth continued to laugh, and after watching his pure jubilance, Brynn found herself in laughter as well.
- Her smile was slight, one more of peace than jubilance.
- His expression was full of youthful curiosity, and pure jubilance.
adverb When I jubilantly told my friends at the BBC and elsewhere about this bolt from the blue, they were shocked. Example sentencesExamples - He announces jubilantly that the drinks are on him.
- When she and Cal found them there, she shouted jubilantly, ‘I knew you'd be here!’
- ‘I told you it was him,’ said a blond-haired girl, jubilantly.
- Amber cried jubilantly as she skipped into the theatre.
Origin Mid 17th century (originally in the sense 'making a joyful noise'): from Latin jubilant- 'calling, hallooing', from the verb jubilare (see jubilate). Definition of jubilant in US English: jubilantadjectiveˈjo͞obələntˈdʒubələnt Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph. Example sentencesExamples - The Sligo fans were definitely jubilant and dozens of camera phones captured the moment but that's as far as it went.
- By the time I returned to my mother's, she was jubilant because she had received two phone calls to assure her that the bag was safe and well.
- The jubilant crowd shrieked as the balls sailed into the stands' perimeters and crashed into the boundary.
- But those who took part were jubilant that in their eyes the event had been ‘such a success’.
- At Martin's family home in neighbouring Conception Bay, however, the mood was jubilant.
- After the game the jubilant fans carried on celebrating, filling the pubs and painting the Welsh capital blue and white.
- More than 150 jubilant residents clapped and cheered as plans to build homes on a children's play area were thrown out.
- And jubilant retail bosses are celebrating a similar success story throughout last year.
- Mark Williams was jubilant after his title triumph ended his 26-month wait for a tournament win on home soil.
- It started on election night 1998 with John Howard jubilant before an ecstatic crowd.
- The two had been out together the previous night, and Montgomery appeared tired but jubilant.
- Students, former guerrilla fighters, police and soldiers took to the streets in a jubilant parade.
- Tourism bosses are jubilant at the publicity Scarborough is receiving prior to the 2004 holiday season.
- Foreign companies were jubilant, since they would get unprecedented access to the Chinese market.
- The streets were packed, and the mood was jubilant, as more and more policemen and women continued to pour in during the afternoon.
- She walks slowly down a street now emptied of cars and people, but soon breaks into a jubilant run.
- The jubilant winners said they would relax for a couple of days before preparing for the television round.
- The mood was jubilant and Edith thought that her exile and imprisonment were finally over.
- The big fellow immediately sprinted towards jubilant home fans and was booked for throwing his jersey to the ground.
- A jubilant Oxford crew spray the bubbly as they celebrate an impressive row in the 151st Boat Race.
Synonyms overjoyed, exultant, triumphant, joyful, jumping for joy, rejoicing, cock-a-hoop, exuberant, elated, thrilled, gleeful, euphoric, ecstatic, beside oneself with happiness, enraptured, in raptures, rhapsodic, transported, walking on air, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine
Origin Mid 17th century (originally in the sense ‘making a joyful noise’): from Latin jubilant- ‘calling, hallooing’, from the verb jubilare (see jubilate). |