Exuberance
[ɪg'z(j)uːb(ə)r(ə)ns;eg-] or [ɪg'zjʊbərəns]
Definition
(noun.) overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval.
(noun.) joyful enthusiasm.
Editor: Lois--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.
Editor: Peter
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Overgrowth, luxuriance, superabundance, superfluity, profusion, copiousness, excess, rankness, overgrowth.
Edited by Faye
Examples
- Not a pleasant symptom to remark, be it what it might, at dear Lady Verinder's age, and with dear Lady Verinder's autumnal exuberance of figure. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As soon as Jane had read Mr. Gardiner's hope of Lydia's being soon married, her joy burst forth, and every following sentence added to its exuberance. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Even then he lacked his ordinary exuberance of life, and it appeared as if a great portion of his vitality disappeared with the sun. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Miriam