From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishexultantex‧ul‧tant /ɪɡˈzʌltənt/ adjective formal HAPPYPROUDvery happy or proud, especially because you have succeeded in doing something an exultant mood Ralph was exultant. —exultantly adverb
Examples from the Corpus
exultant• And Charles and his whole exultant cohort devoted themselves to celebrating Easter.• But whoever it is, waving to the exultant crowds, he will have become a legend.• True, he sometimes felt an unexpected sense of exultant extra life onstage.• It was an exultant feeling, climbing on to the rostrum, waving to the crowd and receiving my medal.• A great exultant joy was sweeping through Grainne.• The Mingus music this reviewer knows offers a richness and sophistication that compares with the exultant mastery of Duke Ellington.• Crowds of exultant people waved flags and sang.• He was too high on exultant relief to be deflated so easily.• The six note left hand rhythm is literally punched out to lend a strong, exultant ring to the proceedings. 