as in energetic
filled with life and enthusiasm
her ebullient charm an ebullient entertainer
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Recent Examples of ebullient
The ever-direct fashion editor, a front-row fixture at fashion shows and one of the industry’s most ebullient cheerleaders, Polly Mellen, has died at the age of 100.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
And Madison’s performance, both ebullient and piercing, is one of the year’s finest.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
But as the documentary reveals, Billy Preston was an elusive figure — ebullient and all there, and also hidden and mysterious.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Civil, an ebullient host who along with partner Selma Seckin manages the nine room hotel Ida Blue, a complex of three similar stone houses in this hilltop village, was referring to Istanbul’s upscale neighborhood.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
And Madison’s performance, both ebullient and piercing, is one of the year’s finest.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
But as the documentary reveals, Billy Preston was an elusive figure — ebullient and all there, and also hidden and mysterious.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Civil, an ebullient host who along with partner Selma Seckin manages the nine room hotel Ida Blue, a complex of three similar stone houses in this hilltop village, was referring to Istanbul’s upscale neighborhood.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ebullient
Adjective
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The energy rises as the wrestler and the rapper take energetic strides and bounce to the ring.—
Shaheem Reid,
Variety,
19 Apr. 2025
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Our sun cycles through its pattern of energetic activity every 11 years, but the technology scientists use to observe is advancing at a faster pace.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His crossword is not themed, but the entry is lively nonetheless.—
Deb Amlen,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Located right on the bustling Piazza delle Erbe, Verona’s liveliest piazza built atop the ancient Roman Capitolium, this museum gives new life to a majestic 17th-century palazzo.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2025
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Katt also lent his voice to the animated The Get Along Gang in the mid-1980s, and in Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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In the brief animated video graphic shared to Perry’s Instagram, the expedition’s logo comes into frame, against a starry sky.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
11 Apr. 2025
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Jimmy Butler led the team in scoring with 38, and Steph Curry made two back-breaking late 3-pointers to help the Warriors survive a spirited last-second Memphis push.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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The visitors put in a spirited first half, marking Wood — the Nottingham Forest striker who is New Zealand’s all-time leading goalscorer by a considerable margin — with two or three defenders and dependably clearing crosses into the box.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Redshirt freshman Kaleb Annett was the most active quarterback on the day, throwing for 77 yards and a touchdown on a 6-for-10 throwing performance.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Apr. 2025
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The 1880s were the most active decade for U.S. hurricane landfalls on record.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Users do have creative freedom — freedom to learn to draw, animate, write, score, or direct their own projects.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
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Charcuterie and cheese, potatoes and onions, meat and offal: These are the ingredients that animate Harris’s chalkboard menu, all old friends, treated with a grandmotherly mix of tenderness and brawn.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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The difference is subtle, but the fine filter creates milk that's a bit bubblier than the ultrafine filter.—
Jaina Grey,
WIRED,
12 Jan. 2025
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But concerts also start feeling poppier and bubblier in springtime, perhaps in anticipation of the even warmer, wilder and grander music events of festival-frenzied summertime.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2024
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Eric Bailly was the most enthusiastic dancer, standing on the massage table giving it some and kicking pizza boxes.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Buehrle delighted a cold but enthusiastic crowd of 25,390 at the stadium during a 6-0 blanking of the Texas Rangers.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Ebullient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ebullient. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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