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ebullient

adjectiveISEE/SSAT hard word/ɪˈbʊl.jənt/

Meaning: cheerful and full of energy

ebullient in a sentence

How ebullient is used in real sentences:

The ebullient toddler bounced from one toy to the next.

Her ebullient laughter filled the café.

“Her ebullient assistant, Theo, hurried along the new planks setting vibration sensors beneath the railings.”
— from the passage The Tremor Above

“Her new director, Felix, was ebullient, sweeping among the painted columns and declaring that their troubled comedy would triumph by dusk.”
— from the passage The Chair at Center Stage

“Her ebullient assistants bounded across the blackened clearings, delighted whenever a fire-following flower pierced the gray.”
— from the passage The Patient Burn

Synonyms for ebullient

Other words for ebullient — exuberant, vivacious and buoyant — carry the same meaning.

Antonyms of ebullient

Words that mean the opposite of ebullient:

Where it comes from

From Latin ebullire 'to bubble out'

Memory hook

EBULLIENT — BUBBLE-LIENT, bubbling over.

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