Meanings
comparative more exuberant · superlative most exuberant
- Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.
exuberant feeling
2 more examples
He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.
1882, Frank R. Stockton, The Lady or the Tiger?She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.
1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22Synonyms: buoyant, cheerful, high-spirited
- literaryAbundant, luxuriant.
exuberant foliage
2 more examples
It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.
1852, The Ark, and Odd Fellows' Western MagazineThe County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.
1972, Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22Synonyms: profuse, superabundant
- medicineUnusually proliferative, widespread or extreme, particularly in relation to a disease, immune reaction, or tissue
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.
adjectiveAbundant, luxuriant.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivejoyously unrestrained
adjectiveunrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinexūberāns
- Middle Frenchexubérant
- Englishexuberant
From Middle French exubérant, from Latin exūberāns, the present active participle of exūberō (“be abundant”). Put together from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian изобилен
- изобилен (izobilen)abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Catalan exuberant
- exuberantabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Chinese Mandarin 高昂, 亢奮 /亢奋
- 高昂 (gāo'áng)of people: very high-spirited
- 亢奮 /亢奋 (kàngfèn)of people: very high-spirited
- 興高采烈的 /兴高采烈的 (xìnggāocǎiliè de)of people: very high-spirited
- 繁茂 (fánmào)abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- 盎然 (àngrán)abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- 旺盛 (wàngshèng)abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Dutch uitbundig, overvloedig
- uitbundigof people: very high-spirited
- overvloedigabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- overdadigabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- uitbundigabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- exuberantabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Finnish elämäniloinen, rehevä
- elämäniloinenof people: very high-spirited
- reheväabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
French exubérant
- exubérantabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
German exuberant, überschwänglich
- exuberantof people: very high-spirited
- überschwänglichof people: very high-spirited
- ausgelassenof people: very high-spirited
- lebendigof people: very high-spirited
- enthusiastischof people: very high-spirited
- üppigabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Hungarian túláradó, exuberáns
- túláradóabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- exuberánsabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Māori tūkōripi
- tūkōripiof people: very high-spirited
Norwegian energisk
- energiskof people: very high-spirited
Polish entuzjastyczny, bujny
- entuzjastycznyof people: very high-spirited
- bujnyabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- wybujałyabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Portuguese exuberante, exuberante
- exuberanteof people: very high-spirited
- exuberanteabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Russian энерги́чный, бью́щий че́рез край
- энерги́чный (energíčnyj)of people: very high-spirited
- бью́щий че́рез край (bʹjúščij čérez kraj)of people: very high-spirited
- бью́щий ключо́м (bʹjúščij ključóm)of people: very high-spirited
- неудержи́мый (neuderžímyj)of people: very high-spirited
- бу́рный (búrnyj)of people: very high-spirited
- оби́льный (obílʹnyj)abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- изоби́льный (izobílʹnyj)abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- бу́йный (bújnyj)abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- пы́шный (pýšnyj)abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
- пы́шно расту́щий (pýšno rastúščij)abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Spanish exuberante
- exuberanteabundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
Thai ร่าเริง, มีชีวิตชีวา
- ร่าเริง (râa-rəəng)of people: very high-spirited
- มีชีวิตชีวาof people: very high-spirited
- เบิกบาน (bə̀ək-baan)of people: very high-spirited
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