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Exulting

Exulting \Ex*ult"ing\, a. Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.

Exulting

Exult \Ex*ult"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exulting.] [L. exultare, exsultare, exultatum, exsultatum, to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr. exsilire to spring out or up; ex out + salire to spring, leap: cf. F. exulter. See Salient.] To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. ``An exulting countenance.''
--Bancroft.

The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
--Pope.

Wiktionary
exulting
  1. Showing exultation. n. exultation v

  2. (present participle of exult English)

WordNet
exulting

adj. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: exultant, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant]

Usage examples of "exulting".

His cry was answered by a yell and a laugh from the woods, as tauntingly exulting as if fifty demons were uttering their blasphemies at the fall of some Christian soul.

The savage drew the flowing curls through his hand, and raising them on high with an outstretched arm, he passed the knife around the exquisitely molded head of his victim, with a taunting and exulting laugh.

In the meantime they were reminded of the presence of those who pressed upon their rear, by wild and exulting shouts.

A single wild glance revealed to her appalled senses Gaut Gurley, clenching his smoking rifle, and, with the look of an exulting fiend, glaring out from behind a tree, towards his prostrate, convulsed, and dying victim.

I would listen to their screams, exulting in their agony as I tossed more sticks onto the fire.

A positive rainbelt of fire-lizards, soaring and diving, was exulting in a cascade of sound that Toric could hear even through his padded helmet as a swarm swooped in greeting to Tiroth.

He fell silent, half regretting his recklessness and half exulting in it, and waited to see if he had tried his luck too hard.

Now my house shall be set in order, he thought, exulting, and I shall be the master in it.