different between exultant vs jocund

English

Etymology

From Latin exsultantem, from exsulto (“rejoice; boast”). See also exult.

Adjective

exultant

1. Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• downcast
• miserable
• unhappy

Derived terms

• exultantly

Related terms

• exult

Translations

References

Catalan

Adjective

exultant (masculine and feminine plural exultants)

1. exultant

French

Adjective

exultant (feminine singular exultante, masculine plural exultants, feminine plural exultantes)

1. exultant

Verb

exultant

1. present participle of exulter

Further reading

• “exultant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

exultant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of exult?

Romanian

Etymology

From French exultant.

Adjective

exultant m or n (feminine singular exultant?, masculine plural exultan?i, feminine and neuter plural exultante)

1. exultant

Declension

English

Etymology

From Old French jocond, from Latin i?cundus (“pleasant, agreeable”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: jo?cund
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??k?nd/, /?d???k?nd/
• (US) enPR: jäk??nd, j??k?nd, IPA^(key): /?d??k?nd/, /?d?o?k?nd/

Adjective

jocund (comparative more jocund, superlative most jocund)

1. Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
   • 1612, Thomas Shelton (translator), Don Quixote (originally by Miguel de Cervantes)

     There was once a widow, fair, young, free, rich, and withal very pleasant and jocund, that fell in love with a certain round and well-set servant of a college.

   • 1807, William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

     a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company

Derived terms

• jocundity
• jocundly
• jocundness

Translations