exultverb [ I ]
uk/ɪɡˈzʌlt/us/ɪɡˈzʌlt/formalto express great pleasure or happiness, especially at someone else's defeat or failure:
They exulted at/over their victory.
She seems to exult in her power.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking pleasure in something
- bask
- bask in sth
- bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
- be a glutton for punishment idiom
- be a great one for sth idiom
- drool
- ecstasy
- glory
- have a ball idiom
- have a field day idiom
- have a rare old time idiom
- hedonic
- hedonism
- lap
- revel
- revel in sth
- ride (on) a wave of sth idiom
- self-indulgent
- slake
- soak
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exultation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌeɡ.zəlˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌeɡ.zəlˈteɪ.ʃən/