exult
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exult at (something)
To feel great happiness due to someone or something in particular. I doubt you could say anything to upset them right now—they're still exulting at their engagement. How can you not exult at that little miracle cooing in his cradle? Ugh, she's still exulting at her "good fortune" of landing the promotion.
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exult in (something)
To feel great happiness due to someone or something in particular. I doubt you could say anything to upset them right now—they're still exulting in their engagement. How can you not exult in the presence of that little miracle cooing in his cradle? Ugh, she's still exulting in her "good fortune" of landing the promotion.
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exult over (something)
To feel great happiness due to someone or something in particular. I doubt you could say anything to upset them right now—they're still exulting over their engagement. How can you not exult over that little miracle cooing in his cradle? Ugh, she's still exulting over her "good fortune" of landing the promotion.
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exult at something
and exult over somethingto rejoice because of something; to rejoice about something. We exulted at the end of the hostilities. The citizens exulted over the downfall of the dictator.
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exult in something
to take great pleasure in something; to enjoy something immensely. I exult in the beauty of a spring day. We exulted in the glory of summer.
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