Word Meanings - COCK-A-HOOP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

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• BOASTFUL
  Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n.
• EXULTING
  Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.
• EXULTANCE; EXULTANCY
  Exultation. Burton. Hammond.
• EXULTANT
  Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly. Break away, exultant, from every defilement. I. Tay;or.
• ADVERBIALLY
  In the manner of an adverb.
• DEFIANT
  Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act. In attitude stern and defiant. Longfellow. -- De*fi"ant*ly, adv. -- De*fi"ant*ness, n.
• EXULTATION
  The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph. His bosom swelled with exultation. Prescott.
• EXULT
  To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft. The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding