Word Meanings - CONGRATULATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.

FESTIVE
Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.
TRIUMPHANTLY
In a triumphant manner.
CONGRATULATORY
Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.
JUBILANTLY
In a jubilant manner.
TRIUMPHANT
1. Rejoicing for victory; triumphing; exultant. Successful beyond hope to lead ye forth Triumphant out of this infernal pit. Milton. 2. Celebrating victory; expressive of joy for success; as, a triumphant song or ode. 3. Graced with conquest;
EXULTANT
Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly. Break away, exultant, from every defilement. I. Tay;or.
JOYOUS
Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. Is this your joyous city Is. xxiii. 7. They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. Spenser. And joyous of our conquest early
JUBILANT
Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. "The jubilant age." Coleridge. While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. Milton.
INFESTIVE
Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn.
CONJUBILANT
Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. Neale.