jubilant
adjective/ˈdʒuːbɪlənt/
/ˈdʒuːbɪlənt/
- feeling or showing great happiness because of a success
- The fans were in jubilant mood after the victory.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryJubilant is used with these nouns:- mood
Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘making a joyful noise’): from Latin jubilant- ‘calling, hallooing’, from the verb jubilare, used by Christian writers to mean ‘shout for joy’.Definitions on the go
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