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Dictionary: e·bul·lient   (ĭ-bʊl'yənt, ĭ-bŭl'-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Zestfully enthusiastic.
  2. Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.

[Latin ēbulliēns, ēbullient-, present participle of ēbullīre, to bubble up : ē-, ex-, up, out; see ex- + bullīre, to bubble, boil.]

ebulliently e·bul'lient·ly adv.

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(i-BUL-yuhnt, -BOOL-)

adjective
Bubbling with enthusiasm or excitement.

Etymology
From Latin ebullire (to boil up), from bulla (bubble)

Usage
"The cranky senior citizen of the televised leaders' debate was replaced by an ebullient man with a spring in his step and an enthusiastic handshake." — Larissa Dubecki; Howard Rediscovers Charm in Street Walk; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Nov 2, 2007.


Thesaurus: ebullient
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adjective

    Full of joyful, unrestrained high spirits: effervescent, exuberant, sparkling. See happy/unhappy.

Antonyms: ebullient
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adj

Definition: enthusiastic
Antonyms: apathetic, disinterested, unenthusiastic


Translations: Ebullient
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - livlig, overstrømmende, boblende, kogende

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgelaten

Français (French)
adj. - exubérant, plein de vie

Deutsch (German)
adj. - überschwenglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αναβράζων, κοχλάζων, που ξεχειλίζει, εκδηλωτικός, ενθουσιώδης, διαχυτικός

Italiano (Italian)
esuberante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fervente, ebuliente

Русский (Russian)
полный энтузиазма

Español (Spanish)
adj. - muy alegre y retozón, animadísimo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sjudande, vital

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
冒泡的, 热情的, 沸腾的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 冒泡的, 熱情的, 沸騰的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 끓어 넘치는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 沸きこぼれる, あふれるばかりの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متحمس, مهتاج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נלהב, נרגש, שופע, גולש, רותח‬


 
 
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