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Synonyms for jubilation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : joo-buh-ley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒu bəˈleɪ ʃən

Définition of jubilation

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French jubilacion "jubilation, rejoicing," and directly from Latin jubilationem (nominative jubilatio), noun of action from past participle stem of jubilare (see jubilant).
  • noun celebration
Example sentences :
  • The jubilation among his officers had been such that he could not continue as he had begun.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Opening them, the boys could hardly suppress their jubilation.
  • Extract from : « The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service » by James R. Driscoll
  • General Thario's jubilation contrasted with the common gloom.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • Pateley was altogether in a high state of jubilation in those days.
  • Extract from : « The Arbiter » by Lady F. E. E. Bell
  • The news was received at the Austrian capital with jubilation.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
  • She spent her days in one quiver of excitement and jubilation.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • There was no jubilation in his tone, but paradoxically a note of defeat.
  • Extract from : « The Fifth Ace » by Douglas Grant
  • The part that referred to Raby left him less room for jubilation.
  • Extract from : « A Dog with a Bad Name » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • There is jubilation all over the town as the Germans have taken Belfort.
  • Extract from : « A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes » by Harriet Julia Jephson
  • When he had gone, the friends embraced in a gust of jubilation.
  • Extract from : « The Master of the Shell » by Talbot Baines Reed

Antonyms for jubilation

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