jubilant
adjective
[ ˈdʒuːbɪl(ə)nt ]
• feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
• "a large number of jubilant fans ran on to the pitch"
Similar:
overjoyed,
exultant,
triumphant,
joyful,
jumping for joy,
rejoicing,
cock-a-hoop,
exuberant,
elated,
thrilled,
gleeful,
euphoric,
ecstatic,
beside oneself with happiness,
enraptured,
in raptures,
rhapsodic,
transported,
walking on air,
in seventh heaven,
on cloud nine,
crowing,
gloating,
triumphal,
triumphalist,
over the moon,
on top of the world,
blissed out,
on a high,
tickled pink,
wigged out,
wrapped,
Origin:
mid 17th century (originally in the sense ‘making a joyful noise’): from Latin jubilant- ‘calling, hallooing’, from the verb jubilare (see jubilate).
