youthful

adjective

youth·ful | \ˈyüth-fəl

Definition of youthful

1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of youth youthful inexperience

2 : being young and not yet mature

3 : marked by or possessing youth youthful dancers

4 : having the vitality or freshness of youth : vigorous my youthful grandparents

5 : having accomplished or undergone little erosion youthful mountains

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Examples of youthful in a Sentence

My grandparents are still very youthful. it's still a youthful nation with a lot of promise and potential

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Former teammate John Terry was rumoured to be closing in on a deal at Pride Park, but Lampard has now turned his attention to a more youthful defender in Jay Dasilva. — SI.com, "Derby Boss Frank Lampard Readying to Raid Former Club Chelsea for Highly-Rated Youngster," 13 June 2018 Its first act, when the characters are youthful and callow, is delightfully comic. — Julia M. Klein, Philly.com, "Act II Playhouse's 'Camelot' a scaled-down yet powerful portrayal," 27 May 2018 Yet Southgate sounded optimistic about the future of his youthful side. — SI.com, "England Boss Gareth Southgate Hails Young Lions' Progress Despite Painful World Cup Elimination," 12 July 2018 All those blowouts seem a regrettable youthful excess, like cigarettes. — Jessica Berger Gross, Longreads, "Gone Gray," 10 July 2018 Bay View, at the southern edge of the city, is a lakefront neighborhood known for its cute arts and crafts bungalows, hip bars and restaurants, and youthful vibe. — Christina Pérez, Vogue, "Why Milwaukee, Wisconsin Is the Midwest’s Coolest (and Most Underrated) City," 10 July 2018 After exiting the 2014 World Cup without winning a game in the group stage, the squad has been remodeled with a youthful, more street-wise mentality by Southgate at his first major tournament as coach. — Fox News, "England break World Cup shootout jinx, advance to quarterfinals," 3 July 2018 Jada Pinkett Smith is feeling very youthful after a vaginal rejuvenation. — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, "Jada Pinkett Smith Says Her Vagina Feels Younger After 3 Rejuvenation Treatments," 19 June 2018 Yet Takahashi, who last season did an inventive show about the notion of doubleness, didn’t milk the youthful vibe. — Cathy Horyn, The Cut, "The Case for Apolitical Fashion," 3 Mar. 2018

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