| Main Entry: | exult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be joyful |
Synonyms: |
be delighted, be elated, be happy, be in high spirits, be jubilant, be overjoyed, celebrate, cheer, jubilate, jump for joy, make merry, rejoice |
| Notes: | exalt means to elevate, praise, or raise a person or thing; exult means to rejoice greatly |
Antonyms: |
be sad, grieve, mourn |
| Main Entry: | exult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boast |
Synonyms: |
bluster, brag, bully, crow, gloat, glory, revel, show off, take delight in, triumph, vaunt |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag |
Synonyms: |
advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand, hug oneself, jive, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff, shoot*, shovel, show off, showboat, shuck, sling, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor |
Antonyms: |
be modest, deprecate |
| Main Entry: | brag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk boastingly |
Synonyms: |
blow one's own horn, bluster*, boast, crow*, exult, gasconade, gloat, grandstand, hotdog, jive, mouth*, pat oneself on the back, prate, puff, rodomontade, showboat, shuck, swagger, vaunt |
Antonyms: |
be modest, be quiet, deprecate |
| Main Entry: | chuckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | giggle |
Synonyms: |
cackle, chortle, crow, exult, guffaw, hee-haw, laugh, smile, snicker, snigger, sniggle, teehee, titter |
| Main Entry: | delight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happy; experience happiness |
Synonyms: |
allure, amuse, arride, attract, be the ticket, charm, cheer, content, delectate, divert, enchant, enrapture, entertain, exult, fascinate, freak out, gladden, glory, go over big, gratify, groove*, hit the spot, jubilate, knock dead, knock out, please, pleasure, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, score, send, slay, thrill, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on, wow |
Antonyms: |
depress, disappoint, dismay, distress, pain, trouble |
| Main Entry: | gloat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exclaim triumph |
Synonyms: |
celebrate, crow*, exult, glory, rejoice, relish, rub it in, triumph, vaunt, whoop |
Antonyms: |
be sad, commiserate, sympathize |
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take pleasure in accomplishment |
Synonyms: |
be proud, boast, brag, congratulate, crow, exult, felicitate, flatter oneself, gasconade, glory in, hold head high, overbear, pique*, plume, prance, preen, presume, puff up, revel in, strut, swagger, swell, vaunt |
Antonyms: |
humble |
| Main Entry: | rejoice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very happy about something |
Synonyms: |
be glad, be overjoyed, celebrate, delight, enjoy, exult, feel happy, glory, joy, jump for joy, make merry, revel, triumph |
Antonyms: |
be sad |
| Main Entry: | triumph |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very happy |
Synonyms: |
celebrate, crow, delight, exult, gloat, glory, jubilate, rejoice, revel, swagger |
Antonyms: |
be sad |