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TRIUMPHAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does triumphal mean?
• TRIUMPHAL (adjective)
The adjective TRIUMPHAL has 2 senses:
1. relating to or celebrating a triumph
2. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
Familiarity information: TRIUMPHAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or celebrating a triumph
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a triumphal arch
Pertainym:
triumph (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
Synonyms:
exultant; exulting; jubilant; prideful; rejoicing; triumphal; triumphant
Context example:
a triumphant shout
Similar:
elated (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits)
Derivation:
triumph (the exultation of victory)
Context examples
At the door her sisters seized and bore her to the parlor in a triumphal procession, all pointing and all saying at once, "Look there! Look there!"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Laurie was equally impracticable, and would have had bonfires, skyrockets, and triumphal arches, if he had had his own way.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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