Antonyms for exult

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ig-zuhlt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzʌlt

Definition of exult

Origin : 1560s, "to leap up;" 1590s, "to rejoice, triumph," from Middle French exulter, from Latin exultare/exsultare "leap about, leap for joy," frequentative of exsilire "to leap up," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). The notion is of leaping or dancing for joy. Related: Exulted; exulting.

verb be joyful
verb boast

Example sentences :

I exult in my freedom from a self-reproach, which would have been altogether insupportable under the kindness of which you speak.'
Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe

But we would he knew that the strong do not exult in their strength, nor the wise in their wisdom.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

The big woodsman, his rebellion once started, seemed to exult in it.
Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day

For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony.
Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James

They are desperate, then, and seem to exult in devilry of all kinds.
Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty

Inhuman methods for inhuman foes, Who feed on horrors and exult in woes.
Extract from : « Custer, and Other Poems. » by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

But I shall not let you exult over my falling into one of these well-laid traps.
Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

It is a joyous spirit which causes "the bones of man to exult."
Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori

Yon demon,” cried he, “shall at least not live to exult over our death.
Extract from : « Wood Rangers » by Mayne Reid

But the Incorruptible, ever envious and jealous, would not allow him to exult too soon.
Extract from : « The Elusive Pimpernel » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Synonyms for exult

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