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exuberance Definition

exu·ber·ance (eg zo̵̅o̅bər əns, -zyo̵̅o̅-; -ig-)

noun

  1. the state or quality of being exuberant; great abundance; luxuriance
  2. 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.

  1. Plenty

    abundance, affluence, profusion; see plenty.

  2. 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

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