Antonyms for exulting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ig-zuhlt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzʌlt

Definition of exulting

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 :

At this moment the entire Cathedral seemed living and exulting with joy.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

With an exulting joy I threw myself upon the man as he struggled to rise.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

He was thrilling and exulting in ways new to him and greater to him than any he had known before.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Thus did Rose rattle on, exulting over the scheme she had devised.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

This exulting announcement greeted Polly as she entered the schoolroom.
Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd

"I am a match for them all," he thought, with a conviction too firm to be exulting.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

And I heard his exulting words: "You are not strong enough!"
Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings

I had been thinking about life when I might have been exulting in it.
Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope

On the whole, they refrained from criticising modern times or from exulting their own.
Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev

"Canada must now be ours" was their exulting and arrogant language.
Extract from : « The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 » by Edgerton Ryerson

Synonyms for exulting

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