exultating
adj1
Extremely happy; rapturous.
- ...certain it is, their laudable curiosity once gratified, they were led still further to pursue their speculations, and still remained unsatisified till they had heard the naive exclamations, and witnessed the animated features under every variety of expression, from wonder and admiration, to exultating satisfaction in the dawning consciousness of power — a dawn that promised speedy progression to broad daylight, with the wild Irish girl, in all points connected with the influence of her charms.1845, The ruling passions - Volume 3, page 308:
- The apostle looked forward to a meeting with the righteous Judge with exultating expectation, as being worthy, in the gospel sense.1850, The Pulpit of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church:
1 more example
- And on the walls, strange paintings, of an exultating colouring, of paradoxical lines, since they showed freshness and an indefinable antiquity.2000, Carlos del Pulgar Sabín, Artists Painters: Regionalism III, page 256:
- Derived terms
- exultatingly