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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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