EXUBERANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exuberant mean? 

• EXUBERANT (adjective)
  The adjective EXUBERANT has 3 senses:

1. joyously unrestrained

2. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

3. produced or growing in extreme abundance

  Familiarity information: EXUBERANT used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXUBERANT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Joyously unrestrained

Synonyms:

ebullient; exuberant; high-spirited

Similar:

spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)

Derivation:

exuberance (joyful enthusiasm)

exuberate (to express great joy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

Synonyms:

excessive; extravagant; exuberant; overweening

Context example:

overweening greed

Similar:

unrestrained (not subject to restraint)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Produced or growing in extreme abundance

Synonyms:

exuberant; lush; luxuriant; profuse; riotous

Context example:

their riotous blooming

Similar:

abundant (present in great quantity)

 Context examples 

On the contrary, I can never recollect having seen him in such exuberant spirits.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I admit that the paper was exuberant in the matter, out of compliment to its own enterprise in sending a correspondent, but the other great dailies were hardly less full in their account.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Whilst this hurried scene had been taking place, the crowd had become more and more tumultuous, partly from their impatience at the delay, and partly from their exuberant spirits at the unexpected chance of seeing so celebrated a fighting man as Harrison.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you, my dear father, will not take the trouble of checking her exuberant spirits, and of teaching her that her present pursuits are not to be the business of her life, she will soon be beyond the reach of amendment.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Finally, it was not until after midnight that the four travelers were released at the entrance to Lord John Roxton's chambers in the Albany, and that the exuberant crowd, having sung 'They are Jolly Good Fellows' in chorus, concluded their program with 'God Save the King.'

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)