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exuberance

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ex·u·ber·ance  (g-zbr-ns)
n.
1. The quality or condition of being exuberant.
2. An exuberant act or expression.

Exuberance an overflowing amount; an outburst; an abundance.
Examples: exuberance of content, 1781; of fancy, 1768; of foliage; of happiness, 1827; of imagination, 1875; of joy; of animal spirits, 1823; of water, 1786.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.exuberance - joyful enthusiasmexuberance - joyful enthusiasm                    
joy, joyfulness, joyousness - the emotion of great happiness
enthusiasm - a feeling of excitement
2.exuberance - overflowing with eager enjoyment or approvalexuberance - overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
sprightliness, liveliness, spirit, life - animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
lyricism - unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm
rabidity, rabidness, madness - unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness"

exuberance
noun
2. luxuriance, abundance, richness, profusion, plenitude, lushness, superabundance, lavishness, rankness, copiousness the exuberance of plant life in the region
Quotations
"Exuberance is Beauty" [William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]
"Exuberance is better than taste" [Flaubert Sentimental Education]
Translations
exuberance [ɪgˈzuːbərəns] N
1. [of person] (= euphoria) → euforia f; (= enthusiasm) → entusiasmo m
youthful exuberanceel entusiasmo(excesivo)de la juventud
2. [of style, painting] → exuberancia f; [of film, music] → vitalidad f
3. (Bot) (= vigour) [of growth, foliage] → exuberancia f
exuberance [ɪgˈzjuːbərəns] nexubérance f
exuberance
n
(of person)Überschwänglichkeit f; (of joy, youth, feelings)Überschwang m; (= joy)überschwängliche Freude (→ at über +acc); in his exuberance (= rejoicing)in seiner überschwänglichen Freude, im Überschwang der Gefühle; in their youthful exuberance (= high spirits)in ihrem jugendlichen Überschwang
(= vitality: of prose, style) → Vitalität f
(= abundance)Fülle f, → Reichtum m
exuberance [ɪgˈzuːbrns] nesuberanza


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The physical need for sleep began to overtake her; the exuberance which had sustained and exalted her spirit left her helpless and yielding to the conditions which crowded her in.
The grass greening all the expanse in its front seemed to grow, not rankly, but with a natural and joyous exuberance, and the weeds blossomed quite like plants.
At first I was surprised at this flood in a hot, dry summer, but afterwards I discovered that it was caused by the tropical exuberance of the red weed.
 
 
 
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