exuberate

verb

ig-ˈzü-bə-ˌrāt How to pronounce exuberate (audio)
Definition of exuberatenext
as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph after their first World Series championship in 86 years, Bostonians felt that they had earned the right to exuberate with abandon

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  1. delight
  2. joy
  3. glory
  4. triumph
Verb
  • The video has delighted internet users, going viral with over 255,500 views and more than 46,200 likes on TikTok in a matter of days.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But other than catalogs of music that continue to delight and resonate, something else unites the musicians noted above — none of them launched their careers this century.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of delight
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  • Make networking, socializing and participating in activities that bring you joy your priorities.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024
  • Acevedo’s treatment of magic as an everyday possibility is compelling, but there is also magic in the wonder, surprise, frustrations, and joys the characters experience in their relationships with one another.
    Nicole Chung, Time, 25 July 2023
Definition of joy
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  • Messi, at 35, led his country to glory against France, winning soccer’s ultimate prize in a pulsating match that finished 3-3 after extra time and had to be settled by a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • If Harris can bring together a family with Indian, African, and Jewish heritage, America can glory in its diversity.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2020
Definition of glory
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  • This Better-Than List calls out those films and filmmakers who triumphed, defeating those who subjugated moviegoers to fear, bias, and ignorance.
    Armond White, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The anti-fish brigade ultimately triumphed in 1979, however, by adding a rider that exempted the Tellico Dam from the Endangered Species Act to a spending bill.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of triumph
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