Antonyms for Triumph
ˈtraɪ əmf, -ʌmftri·umph

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1. triumph

   Gratification is the giving any mental or physical desire something that it craves; satisfaction is the giving such a desire all that it craves. Happiness is the positively agreeable experience that springs from the possession of good, the gratification or satisfaction of the desires or the relief from pain and evil. Comfort may be almost wholly negative, being found in security or relief from that which pains or annoys; there is comfort by a warm fireside on a wintry night; the sympathy of a true friend affords comfort in sorrow. Enjoyment is more positive, always implying something to be definitely and consciously delighted in; a sick person finds comfort in relief from pain, while he may be far from a state of enjoyment. Pleasure is still more vivid, being an arousing of the faculties to an intensely agreeable activity; satisfaction is more tranquil than pleasure, being the agreeable consciousness of having all that our faculties demand or crave; when a worthy pleasure is past, a worthy satisfaction remains. As referring to a mental state, gratification is used to denote a mild form of happiness resulting from some incident not of very great importance; satisfaction should properly express a happiness deeper, more complete, and more abiding; but as intellect or sensibilities of a low order may find satisfaction in that which is very poor or unworthy, the word has come to be feeble and tame in ordinary use. Happiness is more positive than comfort, enjoyment, or satisfaction, more serene and rational than pleasure; pleasure is of necessity transient; happiness is abiding, and may be eternal; thus, we speak of pleasures, but the plural of happiness is scarcely used. Happiness, in the full sense, is mental or spiritual or both, and is viewed as resulting from some worthy gratification or satisfaction; we may speak of a brute as experiencing comfort or pleasure, but scarcely as in possession of happiness; we speak of vicious pleasure, delight, or joy, but not of vicious happiness. Felicity is a philosophical term, colder and more formal than happiness. Gladness is happiness that overflows, expressing itself in countenance, voice, manner, and action. Joy is more intense than happiness, deeper than gladness, to which it is akin, nobler and more enduring than pleasure. Gaiety is more superficial than joy, more demonstrative than gladness. Rejoicing is happiness or joy that finds utterance in word, song, festivity, etc. Delight is vivid, overflowing happiness of a somewhat transient kind; ecstasy is a state of extreme or extravagant delight so that the one affected by it seems almost beside himself with joy; rapture is closely allied to ecstasy, but is more serene, exalted, and enduring. Triumph is such joy as results from victory, success, achievement. Blessedness is at once the state and the sense of being divinely blessed; as, the blessedness of the righteous. Bliss is ecstatic, perfected happiness; as, the bliss of heaven. Compare COMFORT.

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   Synonyms:
   blessedness, bliss, cheer, comfort, contentment, delight, ecstasy, enjoyment, felicity, gaiety, gladness, gratification, happiness, joy, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rapture, rejoicing, satisfaction

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. triumph

   Antonyms:
   defeat, discomfiture, failure, unsuccess, abortion, baffling, disappointment

   Synonyms:
   victory, success, ovation, achievement, conquest, exultation, trophy

Matched Categories

1. • Boast
   • Cheer
   • Ending
   • Success

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.3 / 8 votes

1. victory, triumphnoun

   a successful ending of a struggle or contest

   "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"

   Synonyms:
   triumph, victory

2. triumphverb

   the exultation of victory

   Synonyms:
   victory

3. prevail, triumphverb

   prove superior

   "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"

   Synonyms:
   crow, dominate, reign, predominate, rejoice, exuberate, die hard, rule, hold, jubilate, gloat, prevail, obtain, exult, run, triumph, wallow, endure, persist

4. wallow, rejoice, triumphverb

   be ecstatic with joy

   Synonyms:
   rejoice, jubilate, crow, gloat, wallow, exuberate, exult, prevail, joy, triumph, billow, welter

5. gloat, triumph, crowverb

   dwell on with satisfaction

   Synonyms:
   gloat, jubilate, wallow, prevail, exuberate, exult, crow, rejoice, triumph

6. exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilateverb

   to express great joy

   "Who cannot exult in Spring?"

   Synonyms:
   rejoice, exult, jump for joy, jubilate, crow, gloat, wallow, walk on air, exuberate, be on cloud nine, prevail, joy, triumph

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1. triumphnoun

   Synonyms:
   victory, conquest, exultation, ovation

2. triumphverb

   Synonyms:
   overcome, prevail, succeed, exult, rejoice

How to use Triumph in a sentence?

1. Francois De La Rochefoucauld:

   Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.

2. Daniel Scioli:

   United together we will triumph, i call upon the undecided and independent voters to join this cause.

3. Joseph Addison:

   It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.

4. Rick Moranis:

   Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

5. Bertolt Brecht:

   Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.

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