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  • 51allégresse — [ a(l)legrɛs ] n. f. • alegrece XIIIe; de allègre ♦ Joie très vive qui d ordinaire se manifeste publiquement. ⇒ gaieté, jubilation. Un chant d allégresse. ⇒ alléluia. « Son allégresse s épancha dans des balbutiements » (Courteline). Au milieu de… …

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  • 52joie — [ ʒwa ] n. f. • 1080; goie v. 1050; lat. gaudia, plur. neutre de gaudium, fém. en lat. pop. 1 ♦ Émotion agréable et profonde, sentiment exaltant ressenti par toute la conscience. La joie est différente du bonheur, du plaisir, de la gaieté. « Le… …

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  • 53triomphe — [ trijɔ̃f ] n. m. • 1530; triumphe XIIe; lat. triumphus 1 ♦ Victoire éclatante à l issue d un combat militaire (vx), d une lutte, d une rivalité quelconque. « la fameuse journée des dupes, qui assura le triomphe de Richelieu sur ses adversaires » …

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  • 54triomphante — ● triomphant, triomphante adjectif Qui a remporté le succès, la victoire : Sortir triomphant d une épreuve. Qui marque l exultation, la fierté du succès : Un air triomphant. ● triomphant, triomphante (citations) adjectif Victor Hugo Besançon 1802 …

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  • 55boasting — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bragging speech Nouns 1. boasting, boast, vaunt[ing], puff, fanfaronade, bluster, gasconade, braggadocio, bravado, swagger, exultation, jactation; gloating, exultation; buncombe (See absurdity); bounce… …

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  • 56jubilation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. celebration, exultation, triumph, gladness; see celebration 2 , happiness 1 , joy 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or condition of feeling an uplifting joy over a success or victory: exultance, exultancy,… …

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  • 57Boasting — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Boasting >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 boasting boasting &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 boast boast vaunt crake| Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense pretensions Sgm: N 1 puff puff puffery …

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  • 58exult — ex|ult [ıgˈzʌlt] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: exulter, from Latin exsultare, from saltare to jump ] formal to show that you are very happy and proud, especially because you have succeeded in doing something exult at/in/over ▪… …

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  • 59exult — [[t]ɪgzʌ̱lt[/t]] exults, exulting, exulted VERB If you exult in a triumph or success that you have had, you feel and show great happiness and pleasure because of it. [WRITTEN] [V in/at n] He was exulting in a win at the show earlier that day...… …

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  • 60exult — verb show or feel triumphant elation. Derivatives exultancy noun exultant adjective exultantly adverb exultation noun exulting adjective exultingly adverb Origin …

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