Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/
exuberant
- (of people) Very high-spirited; extremely energetic and enthusiastic.
- Synonyms: buoyant, cheerful, high-spirited
- exuberant feeling
- 1882, Frank R. Stockton, "The Lady or the Tiger?":
- 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.
- 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22:
- She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.
- (literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant.
- Synonyms: profuse, superabundant
- exuberant foliage
- 1852, The Ark, and Odd Fellows' Western Magazine
- It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.
- 1972, Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22:
- The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.
- German: exuberant, überschwänglich, ausgelassen, lebendig, enthusiastisch
- Portuguese: exuberante
- Russian: энерги́чный
- French: exubérant
- German: üppig
- Portuguese: exuberante
- Russian: оби́льный
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