exult

/ɛɡˈzʌlt/

Other forms: exulting; exulted; exults

Sometimes you might feel so happy about something you could just burst. This is the time to exult, or rejoice, and you might show your great happiness by laughing, dancing, and shouting with pure joy.

To exult means to express your joy in some visible way. Some people exult in a sedate manner, maybe just enjoying their happiness quietly within themselves. Others are more emotional, perhaps expressing their triumph in a loud or physical manner. When you break the word down into its Latin parts, the ex- means "out," and saltāre means "to leap." So exult means to leap with joy.

Definitions of exult

1. verb

   feel extreme happiness or elation
   synonyms: be on cloud nine, jump for joy, walk on air

   types:

   rejoice, triumph, wallow

   be ecstatic with joy

   swoon

   be overwhelmed with ecstasy, especially when encountering something or someone you admire

   type of:

   joy, rejoice

   feel happiness or joy
2. verb

   express great joy
   “Who cannot exult in Spring?”

   synonyms: exuberate, jubilate, rejoice, triumph

   types:

   glory

   rejoice proudly

   type of:

   cheer, cheer up, chirk up

   become cheerful