exuberant
adjective
ex·u·ber·ant
ig-ˈzü-b(ə-)rənt 
1
a
: joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic
exuberant praise
an exuberant personality
b
: unrestrained or elaborate especially in style : flamboyant
exuberant architecture
3
: extreme or excessive in degree, size, or extent
exuberant prosperity
exuberantly
adverb
Examples of exuberant in a Sentence
Here we are at a jousting tournament in medieval England, and as the armored knights charge each other on horseback the exuberant crowd sings along to the old Queen heavy-metal anthem "We Will Rock You." And does the wave!
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David Ansen, Newsweek, 14 May 2001
A few years ago, I learned to expect that at the end of a linguistics class that I was teaching, as I consulted with a few students before we vacated the room, the air would suddenly be lacerated by fat bass tracks and streams of exuberant invective. Tupac, as they say, was in the house. The class that was about to begin was an elective called "The Poetry of Tupac Shakur."
—John McWhorter, New Republic, 22 Oct. 2001
They're the hardwood wunderkinds who think NEXT is now: the NBA's teen set. And like puppies, they're winningly exuberant (if not housebroken). Well, maybe not so "winning."
—ESPN, 25 Dec. 2000
His exuberant personality makes him fun to be around.
exuberant crowds rushed to greet the returning national champions in collegiate basketball
David Ansen, Newsweek, 14 May 2001
A few years ago, I learned to expect that at the end of a linguistics class that I was teaching, as I consulted with a few students before we vacated the room, the air would suddenly be lacerated by fat bass tracks and streams of exuberant invective. Tupac, as they say, was in the house. The class that was about to begin was an elective called "The Poetry of Tupac Shakur."
—John McWhorter, New Republic, 22 Oct. 2001
They're the hardwood wunderkinds who think NEXT is now: the NBA's teen set. And like puppies, they're winningly exuberant (if not housebroken). Well, maybe not so "winning."
—ESPN, 25 Dec. 2000
His exuberant personality makes him fun to be around.
exuberant crowds rushed to greet the returning national champions in collegiate basketball
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Written by and costarring Mike White (yes, that Mike White), the music comedy follows the exploits of exuberant guitarist Dewey Finn (Jack Black), who is fired from his band.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
That recklessly exuberant 2019 drama, which Safdie co-directed with his brother, Benny, stars Adam Sandler as a jewelry dealer in Manhattan and a compulsive gambler who takes thrilling risks to pay off his creditors and learns that the house always wins.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The logic is that investors can be irrationally exuberant or irrationally pessimistic.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
The design duo, which has a reputation for working with exuberant hues, could tell that the husband, wife, and their three children would be game for some splashy choices.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
That recklessly exuberant 2019 drama, which Safdie co-directed with his brother, Benny, stars Adam Sandler as a jewelry dealer in Manhattan and a compulsive gambler who takes thrilling risks to pay off his creditors and learns that the house always wins.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The logic is that investors can be irrationally exuberant or irrationally pessimistic.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
The design duo, which has a reputation for working with exuberant hues, could tell that the husband, wife, and their three children would be game for some splashy choices.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exuberant
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“Exuberant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exuberant. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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exuberant
adjective
ex·u·ber·ant
ig-ˈzü-b(ə-)rənt
: joyfully enthusiastic
exuberance
noun
-b(ə-)rən(t)s
exuberantly
adverb
Medical Definition
exuberant
adjective
ex·u·ber·ant
ig-ˈzü-b(ə-)rənt
: characterized by extreme proliferation
exuberant granulation tissue
remarkably exuberant metastatic calcification—Sandy Muspratt
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