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ebullient
/ɪˈbʊliənt/
adj 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
ecstatic
VERB + EBULLIENT
come, unchained, voice
EBULLIENT + NOUN
blood, editor, expressions, flush, words
PREP.
after, with, with
ADV.
oddly
Definitions
adj
1
Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
The Spring will come with its ebullient blood, / With flush of roses and imperial eyes
Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons
2
Of a liquid: boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling.
3
Causing heat.
It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — joyously unrestrained
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The Spring will come with its ebullient blood, / With flush of roses and imperial eyes
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Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons
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Boris Johnson, the ebullient editor of the Spectator and Tory MP for Henley, is at the centre of a Scotland Yard inquiry over an allegedly racist article by the columnist Taki which provoked death thr
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Emma is obviously ecstatic with her ebullient expressions after answering something excruciatingly difficult.
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It was like an explosion, an exultation of human voice unchained, ebullient with the love of life, savage in its good-humor.
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