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exuberant

 
(ĭg-zū'bər-ənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy.
  2. Lavish; extravagant.
  3. Extreme in degree, size, or extent.
  4. Growing, producing, or produced abundantly; plentiful: "Threads of her exuberant hair showed up at the bottom of the sink" (Anne Tyler). See synonyms at profuse.

[Middle English, overabundant, from Old French, from Latin exūberāns, exūberant-, present participle of exūberāre, to exuberate. See exuberate.]

exuberantly ex·u'ber·ant·ly adv.

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adjective

  1. Full of joyful, unrestrained high spirits: ebullient, effervescent, sparkling. See happy/unhappy.
  2. Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance: extravagant, lavish, lush1, luxuriant, opulent, prodigal, profuse, riotous, superabundant. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.

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adj

Definition: energetic, enthusiastic
Antonyms: depressed, discouraged, lifeless, unenthusiastic, unexcited

adj

Definition: profuse
Antonyms: insufficient, lacking, needing, wanting

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IN BRIEF: Joyfully enthusiastic.

pronunciation The exuberant crowd jumped out of its seats when the goal was scored.

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Copious or excessive in production; showing excessive proliferation.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sprudlende, frodig, overdådig

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitbundig, overdadig

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

Deutsch (German)
adj. - überschäumend, lebendig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πληθωρικός, πλούσιος, οργιώδης, οργιαστικός, διαχυτικός, ζωηρός, αλέγρος, κεφάτος

Italiano (Italian)
esuberante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - exuberante, farto, efusivo

Русский (Russian)
экспансивный, буйный, обильный

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

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - flodig, ymmig, överflödande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
繁茂的, 非凡的, 丰富的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 繁茂的, 非凡的, 豐富的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 풍부한, 기운찬, 화려한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 豊富な, 生い茂る, 繁茂した, 生い茂った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضخم, وافر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שופע חיים, שופע מרץ, גדל בשפע, שרוחו מרוממת‬


 
 
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