exuberance
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6.7
- noun
- /ɪɡˈzjuːbərəns/
:
exuberancia
- The child's exuberance was infectious, making everyone around him smile and laugh.
- youthful exuberance
- irrational exuberance
I mean that there's a exuberance that you cannot quench.
- I mean that there's a exuberance that you cannot quench.
- So from having been this shy person in never been out, I was flooded with this exuberance and confidence.
- He asked his students to write short stories, measuring them all in fits of wild exuberance against the work of James Joyce.
- I'm trying to get stuff done of like the enthusiasm and the, you know, exuberance of, of bringing an idea to life.
- And when you feel lucky and overflowing with bliss, joy, exuberance, it pours into the other people that are in your life.
- Indications are they're all like Poo is ignorance and bliss and you know, and Tigger is boundless exuberance.
- And then we may in our in exuberance for trying to reduce blood pressure, we may have cut way too back, way back on salt, maybe too much.
- Do you see the same exuberance in America for our stars or actors as you do with the Bollywood stars in India?
- You've got this sort of the Greek exuberance.
- Stability it takes to allow exuberance to happen.
- I blurt out that's like saying Milai Milai was irrational exuberance.
- I think that there will be, you know, over exuberance as there always are, you know, as there always is.
Examples
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I think we can all be forgiven for a little youthful exuberance.
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For Arab-American Orthodox as well, the 1970s and 1980s were times of considerable exuberance and institutional development.
Academic text (1993) -
There was an exuberance, let's say, about something like "Born to Run."
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Jake attacks his job with a certain exuberance.
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Is it surprising that those who experienced the exuberance of this period would develop a special bond?
Academic text (1992) -
Wouldn't you like to see that kind of exuberance in our students?
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Their natural energy and exuberance, when channeled into the performance, result in robust singing without reservation.
Academic text (2008) -
Tuomas was full of exuberance and boasted to Johanna about how well his life was going.
Fiction book (1992) -
And when you feel lucky and overflowing with bliss, joy, exuberance, it pours into the other people that are in your life.
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Youthful exuberance.
Synonyms
793
1.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
434
1.0
A strong feeling of happiness and eagerness, or something that causes it
288
2.2
A strong feeling of excitement and interest in something
57
6.1
A feeling of very great joy and excitement
45
6.8
A very strong feeling of happiness and excitement
18
5.5
A very happy and excited feeling after a big success
17
5.8
A strong, happy feeling of excitement
14
3.4
A time of happy laughter and fun at a party or celebration
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5.2
A strong feeling of happiness and excitement during a celebration
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9.6
A feeling of great joy and energy about life
4
1.0
A happy mood that makes you smile and helps others feel good
3
7.9
A strong feeling of great joy often shown by loud shouts
2
7.6
A feeling of great happiness and strong emotion
1
8.5
A feeling of cheerful, lively energy that people show
1
1.6
A feeling of happiness and energy that makes others feel hopeful
1
6.5
A strong feeling of great joy that people show openly
1
3.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
A strong feeling of great joy after success
A strong feeling of happy excitement that makes you smile
A very strong feeling of deep happiness
A sudden strong burst of joy that people feel or show
Antonyms
How Enthusiastic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Exuberance comes from Latin parts ex- meaning 'out' and uber meaning 'rich' or 'fruitful', so it gives the image of joy or energy 'overflowing' out of someone. That's why exuberance means lively, cheerful energy that seems to spill out and spread to others.