exuberance Definition
exu·ber·ance (eg zo̵̅o̅′bər əns, -zyo̵̅o̅′-; -ig-)
noun
- the state or quality of being exuberant; great abundance; luxuriance
- an instance of this; esp., action or speech showing high spirits
Etymology: Fr exúberance < L exuberantia < exuberans, prp. of exuberare, to come forth in abundance < ex-, intens. + uberare, to bear abundantly < uber, udder
exuberance Synonyms
exuberance
n.
Plenty
High spirits
vitality, ebullience, eagerness, exhilaration; see enthusiasm 1, joy 2.
exuberance Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- youth: Ah, the exuberance of youth, a delight to watch.
- color: Already noted by the BBC and a national magazine, another powerful exhibition brings us the same exuberance of color and technique.
- performance: The immense exuberance of the performances could hardly have been bettered whatever the forces engaged.
- spirit: But Mallory records that that morning there was no exuberance of spirits in the party.
- life: It's diving features sea walls, sheer drop-offs, caves and an exuberance of marine life.
- summer: After the exuberance of summer, the garden in its winter transformation is every gardener's greatest challenge.
Converse of object
- capture: No other group since the sixties has captured the exuberance and rawness of the original British beat group sound as well as the Milkshakes.
- show: The park shows the exuberance of the Amazonian forest and all its biodiversity of flora and fauna.
- have: The mixed planting style of Gertrude Jekyll ( b. 1843 ) had a cottage garden exuberance.
- love: Finally, I love the exuberance in Salman Rushdie's writing.
- exhibit: Although Caroline attracted several unfulfilled marriage proposals, she exhibited a natural exuberance and lack of inhibition that troubled her parents.
- match: Godber directs his own script with now trademark physicality and, while effective, it doesn't match the exuberance of earlier productions.
Adjective modifier
- youthful: His youthful exuberance always manages to keep the family on their toes.
- irrational: In the FTSE 100 at least, we are some way from being in a wave of irrational exuberance.
- sheer: The small audience made up for numbers by their sheer exuberance.
- natural: The tragedy of disablement seems never to have smothered her natural exuberance.
- such: Many people lead very passive lives and such exuberance actually scares them.
- linguistic: Many of these make no strict sense and stem from the same kind of linguistic exuberance that brought us cockney rhyming slang.
Noun used with modifier
- market: These pressures have been largely unnoticed due to stock market exuberance.
- siecle: Immediately to the right on entering the lobby, lies the Bistro which evokes a Parisian fin de siècle exuberance.
Browse dictionary entries near exuberance
- ‹ extubate
- ‹ extrusive
- ‹ extrude
- ‹ extroverted
- ‹ extrovert
- ‹ extroversion
- ‹ extrorse
- ‹ extro-
- ‹ extrinsic loss
- ‹ extrinsic factor
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