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ex·u·ber·ant

 (ĭg-zo͞o′bər-ənt)
adj.
1. Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy: exuberant sports fans; exuberant smiles.
2. Unrestrained or lavish, as in decoration; extravagant: exuberant floral displays.
3. Abundant; 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.]

ex·u′ber·ant·ly adv.
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exuberant

(ɪɡˈzjuːbərənt)
adj
1. abounding in vigour and high spirits; full of vitality
2. lavish or effusive; excessively elaborate: exuberant compliments.
3. growing luxuriantly or in profusion
[C15: from Latin exūberāns, from ūberāre to be fruitful, from ūber fertile]
exˈuberance n
exˈuberantly adv
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ex•u•ber•ant

(ɪgˈzu bər ənt)

adj.
1. uninhibitedly enthusiastic or vigorous.
2. extremely good: exuberant health.
3. profuse in growth or production: exuberant vegetation.
[1425–75; < Latin exūberant-, s. of exūberāns, present participle of exūberāre to surge, be abundant =ex- ex-1 + ūberāre to be fruitful (derivative of ūber fertile)]
ex•u′ber•ant•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.exuberant - joyously unrestrainedexuberant - joyously unrestrained    
spirited - displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
2.exuberant - unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
unrestrained - not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter"
3.exuberant - produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"
abundant - present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
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exuberant

adjective
2. luxuriant, rich, lavish, abundant, lush, overflowing, plentiful, teeming, copious, profuse, superabundant, plenteous hillsides ablaze with exuberant flowers and shrubs
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exuberant

adjective
1. Full of joyful, unrestrained high spirits:
2. Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance:
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Translations
طافِح بالسُّرور
livlig
túláradó
upprifinn, geislandi af lífi og fjöri
pāri plūstošspārpilns
çoşkun

exuberant

[ɪgˈzuːbərənt] ADJ
1. [person] (= euphoric) → eufórico; (= enthusiastic) → entusiasta
he felt exuberantestaba eufórico
2. [style, colour, painting] → exuberante; [film, music, show] → lleno de vitalidad
3. (Bot) (= vigorous) [growth, foliage] → exuberante
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exuberant

[ɪgˈzjuːbərənt] adj [person] → exubérant(e); [play, film] → exubérant(e)
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exuberant

adj
(= irrepressible, energetic) person, personalityüberschwänglich; esp childübermütig; moodüberschäumend; voicejubelnd; styleübersprudelnd; paintinglebhaft; film, music, showmitreißend; he was/felt exuberant (about his success)er freute sich unbändig (über seinen Erfolg); they were exuberant after their victorynach ihrem Sieg waren sie in Jubelstimmung; rugs in exuberant colours (Brit) or colors (US) → farbenfrohe Teppiche
growth, foliage, flowersüppig
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exuberant

[ɪgˈzuːbrnt] adjesuberante
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exuberant

(igˈzjuːbərənt) adjective
happy and excited or in high spirits. an exuberant mood.
exˈuberance noun
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ex·u·ber·ant

a. exuberante, de proliferación excesiva.
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O my soul, exuberant and heavy dost thou now stand forth, a vine with swelling udders and full clusters of brown golden grapes:--
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For once our volatile and exuberant spirits are hopelessly subdued.
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How impossible was it to sleep, in the exuberant posession of such blessedness!
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If you, my dear father, will not take the trouble of checking her exuberant spirits, and of teaching her that her present pursuits are not to be the business of her life, she will soon be beyond the reach of amendment.
It seemed natural enough that the gardener should be filled with exuberant delight at the return of so gracious a master and mistress and how strangely childlike they looked!
Nixon, the solicitor, asked him to spend a Sunday at Hampstead, and Philip passed a happy day with a set of exuberant strangers; he ate and drank a great deal, took a walk on the heath, and came away with a general invitation to come again whenever he liked; but he was morbidly afraid of being in the way, so waited for a formal invitation.
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(for the pulse was exuberant and indicated much phlebotomy), I apprehended an immediate mortification.
I admit that the paper was exuberant in the matter, out of compliment to its own enterprise in sending a correspondent, but the other great dailies were hardly less full in their account.