perky
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Synonyms
active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, lively, mettlesome, peppy, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
Antonyms
dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid
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The opening serenade and perky finale had the easygoing pace of a French flâneur. — Washington Post, "With a trumpet fox trot and the roar of a siren, Inscape delivers Hindemith," 17 June 2019 Foreign consular buildings with their mix of architectural styles help keep the streetscape human-scaled and visually perky. — Julie Lasky, New York Times, "Turtle Bay, Manhattan: The Convenience of Midtown, at a Relatively Affordable Price," 10 Jan. 2018 Vampire Weekend was initially a blog band of the mid-00s, an indie outfit of Ivy Leaguers who took Paul Simon’s Graceland as a template in making unabashedly collegiate perky pop songs that drew from a world of musical influences. — Dan Deluca, https://www.inquirer.com, "The summer’s biggest concerts in Philadelphia, from the Rolling Stones to Made in America," 5 June 2019 One girls tears up thinking about the pressure to present herself as beautiful and perky on social media and in her dating-profile pictures. — Bridget Read, Vogue, "Swiped, a New Documentary About Dating Apps, Tells Us We’re Screwed," 7 Sep. 2018 According to Heloise, adding sugar, Sprite, or aspirin to the water doesn't do anything to help your tree stay perky. — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, "How to Make Your Real Christmas Tree Last Longer," 8 Dec. 2015 In addition, Tatiana Maslany, who plays Ms. Dunaway’s part, looks and sounds just like a perky, opportunistic millennial, which couldn’t be more wrong for the period in which the play purports to be set. — Terry Teachout, WSJ, "‘Network’ and ‘The Cher Show’ Reviews: Broadway’s Recycling Bin," 6 Dec. 2018 Betty still has her uniform of saccharine colors and a perky ponytail, but this version has a lot more agency. — Annina Mislin, Glamour, "You Don't Know the Real Lili Reinhart," 12 Sep. 2018 John Keene’s girlfriend, Ashley, is a perky cheerleader whose aggressively cheerful energy feels just a little off. — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Camille Reckons with the Ghosts of Her Recent Past in Sharp Objects Episode 3," 23 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'perky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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