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turned jubilant, and one of them rushed into the hold and put his gun
against my head. — Tales from the Reading Room;
• (gleeful)- full of exultant joy; merry; delighted, ( ); We glided over
the water, on the flat, amid the joyful acclamations and gleeful laughter of
my fair companions. — The Bark Covered House;
• (elated)- very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits, ( ); He was
highly elated, and pronounced everything a perfect success. — Mark Twain, a
Biography — Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907;
triumph = exult = exuberate = rejoice = jubilate
• (triumph)- the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant;
victory; conquest, ( ; ; ; ;
); Behind his triumph was a hint of the vast resources and the
slowmoving but unassailable force his uniform represented. — Greener Than
You Think;
• (exuberate)- to be exuberant; super abound; overflow, joyful enthusiasm,
flamboyance, lavishness, ( ); His protest,
though exuberated, against leniency in dealing with atrocities, emphatically
requisite in an age apt to ignore the rigour of justice, has been so far salutary,
and may be more so. — Thomas Carlyle;
joyous > killjoy = spoilsport = party pooper
• (joyous)- joyful; happy; jubilant, ( ; ); He knows that if
men remain virtuous and thrifty, if these homes around him continue
peaceful and joyous, his craft can not prosper. — Fifteen Years in Hell;
• (killjoy)- a person who spoils the joy or pleasure of others; spoilsport;
When I was young I remember my mother referring to anyone who was a bit
of a misery as an ' old killjoy';
• (spoilsport)- a person whose selfish or unsportsmanlike attitudes or actions
spoil the pleasure of others, as in a game or social gathering, (
- ); The Ai gineers, sobered by the
miscalculation in their practical joke, gazed at him as though he were some
kind of Machiavellian spoilsport. — An Autobiography;
• (party pooper)- someone who spoils the pleasure of others;
jocund = jolly = jovial = joyous = gay = festive = merry = mirthful > mirth =
hilarity : agog
• (jocund)- cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad, ( ; ); The day
was bright and jocund, and the morning dew still lay upon the grass. — The
Adventures of Robin Hood;
• (jolly)- in good spirits; gay; merry, ( ; ; ; ,