Jubilance n. 1. Exultant joyfulness
2. Joyous expression
Adjective: Jubilant
"Jubilance" embodies a state of exuberant joy, often marked by celebratory expressions or actions. It encapsulates the feeling of happiness, triumph, or elation experienced during moments of great accomplishment, festivity, or communal rejoicing. The word "jubilance" evokes images of laughter, cheering, and unrestrained enthusiasm, resonating with the collective spirit of jubilation and merriment.
"The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'"
- George Ayittey
If you don't feel like being "Jubilant" today choose one-to-three of the following instead:
Amiable, Ameliorative, Amused, Amusing, Ascendant, Auspicious, Beatific, Blissful, Blythe, Blithesome, Boisterous, Bonzer, Brilliant, Buoyant, Carefree, Celebratory, Cheerful, Cheery, Childlike, Chuffed, Chipper, Cock-a-hoop, Cohortative, Coltish, Confelicitous, Content, Contented, Couthie, Crackerjack, Dapatical, Delightful, Delighted, Diverted, Droll, Easygoing, Effulgent, Elated, Enjoyable, Eudaemonistic, Euphoric, Excelsior, Exhilarated, Exuberant, Fain, Fantastic, Festal, Festive, Frabjous, Free, Frolicsome, Fulgent, Fun, Gelastic, Gelogenic, Glad, Gleeful, Good, Good-humoured, Good-natured, Grateful, Gratified, Happy, Happy-go-lucky, Harmonic/Harmonious, Heartsome, Humorous, In a good mood, In good spirits, Insouciant, Jiggish, Jocose, Jocoserious, Jocular, Jolif, Jolly, Jovial, Joyful, Joyous, Lepid, Liefly, Light, Light-hearted, Lively, Ludibund, Ludic, Lusory, Mabsoot, Merry, Mirthful, Optimistic, Overjoyed, Panglossian, Peppy, Perky, Playful, Pleasant, Pleased, Positive, Profulgent, Radiant, Rejuvenated, Rejuvenescent, Relaxed, Reviviscent, Rhapsodic, Risible, Rollicking, Sanguine, Satisfied, Shining, Slamin', Sportive, Sprightly, Sunny, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Thrilled, Thrilling, Tickled, Twitterpated, Uber, Upbeat, Upbuilding, Uplifted, Uplifting, Vegete, Vibrant, Vitative, Vivacious, Waggish, Weleful, Welsome, Whimsical, Wonderful, Zoetic.
In controlled lab studies on emotional contagion, researchers found that spontaneous smiles spread faster than frowns even in neutral, non-celebratory environments. When participants watched silent videos of people expressing brief flashes of emotion, they were more likely to mimic and feel uplifted by micro-expressions of joy than by micro-expressions of anger or sadness.
Jubilance arrives on bright, unguarded feet,
and turns a common hour into something sweet.
It lifts the room until all worries clear,
and leaves us more happy than when we got here.