exultations
exultations is the plural of exultation.
Meaning of exultation
Noun
exultation (countable and uncountable, plural exultations)
- The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight
- Strange that this idea carried with it something of exultation! so much does the pride of man rejoice in aught that marks him from his fellows, and little does it seem to matter whether that mark be for good or for evil.1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, pages 65–66
- Synonyms:
- triumph, jubilation
- Synonym of exaltation (“A flock of doves, larks or skylarks”)
- An exultation of larks rose from the fen itself.1983, Robert Nye, Three Tales: Beowulf, Taliesin, Wishing Gold, Hamilton, page 42
- Synonyms:
- exaltation
Questions about exultations
- What is exultations the plural of?
- Exultations is the plural of exultation.
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