TRIUMPHANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does triumphant mean? 

• TRIUMPHANT (adjective)
  The adjective TRIUMPHANT has 2 senses:

1. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success

2. experiencing triumph

  Familiarity information: TRIUMPHANT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIUMPHANT (adjective)

Sense 1

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 (to express great joy)

triumph (be ecstatic with joy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Experiencing triumph

Synonyms:

triumphant; victorious

Similar:

undefeated (victorious)

Derivation:

triumph (prove superior)

 Context examples 

With a triumphant smile they were told that it was ten miles round.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Traddles rose from his chair, and, with a triumphant smile, put his hand upon the white cloth I had observed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

However, you will enjoy the rest of your breakfast all the better, will you not, for the thought that you have brought your case to a triumphant conclusion.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I didn't know you'd come, sir," he began, as Jo gave him a triumphant little glance.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was, indeed, a triumphant day to Mr. Bertram and Maria.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Knightley, however, shewed no triumphant happiness.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Yet at the idea that the fiend should live and be triumphant, my rage and vengeance returned, and like a mighty tide, overwhelmed every other feeling.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Her husband was triumphant. He had her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Have you ever earned a dollar by your own labour?” he demanded, certain of her answer, a triumphant vindictiveness in his voice.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

His eyes sparkled, and he sent up a great blue triumphant cloud from his cigarette.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)