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Antonyms for exuberance


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ig-zoo-ber-uh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzu bər əns



Definition of exuberance

Origin :
  • 1630s, from French exubérance (16c.), from Latin exuberantia "superabundance," noun of state from exuberare (see exuberant). Exuberancy attested from 1610s.
  • noun energy, enthusiasm
  • noun profusion
Example sentences :
  • “Sure,” he cried delightedly, slapping his thigh in his exuberance.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • So saying, Hilbert began to caper about the deck in the exuberance of his joy.
  • Extract from : « Rollo on the Atlantic » by Jacob Abbott
  • This letter requires no answer, and I write from exuberance of vanity.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) » by Charles Darwin
  • They were meant to suggest reproductive vigor, exuberance, and abundance.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • There was no exuberance; they went at the business quietly and grimly.
  • Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
  • What had caused his exuberance to die away, his enthusiasm to grow dim?
  • Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
  • The form only is left, and that is elaborated into the exuberance of decay.
  • Extract from : « The Gate of Appreciation » by Carleton Noyes
  • Up yonder tree, a squirrel is racing about, in the exuberance of his glee.
  • Extract from : « How to Cook Husbands » by Elizabeth Strong Worthington
  • He owns that his exuberance of animal spirits often leads him away.
  • Extract from : « Happy-Thought Hall » by F. C. Burnand
  • The reflection on this exuberance of nature is striking and true.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. » by Various

Synonyms for exuberance

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