exult Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb feel extreme happiness or elation
    be on cloud nine; walk on air; jump for joy.
  2. verb to express great joy
    exuberate; jubilate; rejoice; triumph.
    • Who cannot exult in Spring?

WordNet

Ex*ult" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. exultare, exsultare, exultatum, exsultatum, to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr. exsilire to spring out or up; ex out + salire to spring, leap: cf. F. exulter. See Salient.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Exulted; present participle & verbal noun Exulting
Definitions
  1. To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft.
    The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe. Pope.

Webster 1913