different between sunny vs exultant

English

Etymology

From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunni?. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni
• Homophone: sonny

Adjective

sunny (comparative sunnier, superlative sunniest)

1. (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.

   Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.

2. (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.

   the sunny side of a hill

   I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.

3. (figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) cheerful

   a sunny disposition

   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors Act I scene 1

     My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge

     A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.

4. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.

   • sunny beams

Synonyms

• (weather, day): bright; sunshiny
• (place): sunlit
• (person): bright, cheerful

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

sunny (not comparable)

1. (US, regional) sunny side up

Noun

sunny (plural sunnies)

1. A sunfish.

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