jubilant
adjective /ˈdʒuː.bɪ.lənt/Definition
› feeling or expressing great happiness, especially because of a success: The fans were jubilant at/about/over England's victory over Germany.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something jubilantly /-li/ adverb Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something
(Definition of jubilant adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
- chirpy adjective
- chuffed adjective
- contented adjective
- delighted adjective
- ecstatic adjective
- happy camper noun
- jaunty adjective
- joyful adjective
- joyous adjective
- jump for joy idiom
- rapturous adjective
- thrilled adjective
- thrilled to bits idiom
- walk on air idiom
- wrapped adjective (HAPPY)
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