adjective

• 1Cheerful and full of energy.

  ‘she sounded ebullient and happy’

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  • ‘His mood was ebullient, and he had every reason to be satisfied.’
  • ‘Technically, the economy was in recovery after 1975, but the mood was anything but ebullient.’
  • ‘Christina was in quite an ebullient mood during our session today.’
  • ‘The ebullient mood of those works has been recaptured here, with a surprising overlay of Americana.’
  • ‘The mood is still ebullient when Gilman takes the stage the next morning.’
  • ‘Getting off the ship on to a fast boat and later on to the jetty at the Coast Guard headquarters in Fort Kochi, the three fishermen looked ebullient and happy.’
  • ‘He was the source of many jokes for being overly happy and ebullient.’
  • ‘Anyway, she was a vivacious, ebullient sort of girl, and I took an immediate liking to her.’
  • ‘He's funny, he's ebullient, he has endless energy, and when he gets going on a tirade, he has the rhythmic passion of generations of Irish-Catholic priests!’
  • ‘While her career's still at full tilt, she's typically ebullient when asked what she might do if she ever decided to leave the spotlight for a while.’
  • ‘The Clarinet Sonata is a delightfully ebullient, bouncy score.’
  • ‘On the surface, the music is brash, ebullient, jaunty, but also technically well crafted and even refined.’
  • ‘The Olympic track cycling programme is over and the mood in the British camp, quite rightly, is ebullient.’
  • ‘The G major quartet is a bubbly and infectious work throughout containing much music that is ebullient and tuneful.’
  • ‘But he still hadn't lost his ebullient, blaring voice or that sparkle in his blue eyes.’
  • ‘It can now be revealed that the ebullient cockney was very worried about his protégé, the man he has called the best fighter he was ever worked with.’
  • ‘Overall, the effect of the three series is ebullient, unfolding and generous.’
  • ‘Either way, it has left Downes in ebullient mood and ready to come out fighting.’
  • ‘And he was deeply saddened that such an ebullient personality was nearing an end.’

  Synonyms

  exuberant, buoyant, cheerful, joyful, cheery, merry, sunny, breezy, jaunty, light-hearted, in high spirits, high-spirited, exhilarated, elated, euphoric, jubilant, animated, sparkling, effervescent, vivacious, enthusiastic, irrepressible

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• 2archaic (of liquid or matter) boiling or agitated as if boiling.

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  • ‘misted and ebullient seas’