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jubilant
What does jubilant mean?
jubilant (adjective): joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use jubilant in a sentence?
- The crowd is jubilant. (Tatoeba sentence #10714925 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce jubilant?
/ˈdʒubələnt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does jubilant come from?
From Latin iubilans ("shouting for joy").
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of jubilant?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “jubilant”?
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What does “jubilant” mean?
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
Not quite: that's what intimate means.
easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled
Not quite: that's what gullible means.
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
Right! That's what “jubilant” means.
inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
Not quite: that's what uncompromising means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “jubilant”?
regulatory
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legitimate
Not quite: legitimate means something else.
triumphant
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artificial
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