Crossword Dictionary
jubilant
adjective
Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
synonyms
overjoyed, exultant, triumphant, joyful, rejoicing, exuberant, elated, ecstatic, thrilled
examples:
‘Mark Williams was jubilant after his title triumph ended his 26-month wait for a tournament win on home soil.’
‘The Sligo fans were definitely jubilant and dozens of camera phones captured the moment but that's as far as it went.’
‘After the game the jubilant fans carried on celebrating, filling the pubs and painting the Welsh capital blue and white.’
‘The big fellow immediately sprinted towards jubilant home fans and was booked for throwing his jersey to the ground.’
ecstatic
ecstatic, ecstatics - n
one that is subject to ecstasies
The adjective ecstatic turns the noun "ecstasy" into a descriptive word. When Celine hit that high note, the audience was ecstatic.
Originally, ecstatic had religious connotations having to do with the sheer joy of knowing God or someone truly holy. That meaning remains today, but ecstatic now includes almost anything that's really pleasurable or wonderful. I was ecstatic at the news that I'd been nominated for an award. The entire world reacted with an ecstatic sense of glee when the Berlin Wall finally came down. The hangover the next day, though, wasn't so ecstatic.