as in playfulness
the quality of being cheerful and full of energy
The children's ebullience was charming at first, but it could be tiring after a few hours.
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Recent Examples of ebullience
Becky, who Brewer portrays as a fading cheerleader with an ebullience that turns sinister in a snap, refuses to take the hint after Max tries to drop her after a night on the town.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper’s Beadle Bamford, the judge’s henchman, has a malicious ebullience all his own.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Those in Roosevelt’s orbit invariably commented on the twenty-sixth president’s unusual energy if not ebullience.
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Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
The project’s ebullience also gave the field of architecture, which had been busy rehashing postmodernism, a swift, deconstructivist kick in the rear—showcasing the swooping forms that were now feasible with ever more sophisticated design technologies.
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Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
8 Dec. 2025
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper’s Beadle Bamford, the judge’s henchman, has a malicious ebullience all his own.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Those in Roosevelt’s orbit invariably commented on the twenty-sixth president’s unusual energy if not ebullience.
—
Literary Hub,
16 Dec. 2025
The project’s ebullience also gave the field of architecture, which had been busy rehashing postmodernism, a swift, deconstructivist kick in the rear—showcasing the swooping forms that were now feasible with ever more sophisticated design technologies.
—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ebullience
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Bubble skirts had their moment, but balloon pants bring the same sense of playfulness to any outfit.
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Fun and playfulness definitely trumped the grind here.
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More than one million workers participate, but enthusiasm fades during the Great Depression, signaling that such ownership is fragile without worker protections.
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And when the winning starts, the enthusiasm can leap at record speed.
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As this sequence plays out, the social fabric further shreds and unravels; trust circles shrink and become ever more homogeneous; and hostility, mean spiritedness, and a general hardening take hold in society.
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This is a year for ensuring that your personal style reflects your spiritedness, heart, and creative eye.
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On an afternoon last month at an American Legion parking lot in Bel Air, Maryland, locals—many sporting the Stars and Stripes in cap, tee, and even Croc form—waited for a glimpse of the past with an eagerness history teachers could only dream of.
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For the three, the moment marked the beginning of a great opportunity for the rookies, who all couldn’t hold back their eagerness to prove themselves.
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The movie had an irreverent spark that felt refreshing, fueling its buoyancy and pumping blood to its ample heart.
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Swimming is metabolically the least expensive (near-neutral buoyancy needs no energy to support bodies), flying costs more, and running is the least efficient mode of animal and human locomotion.
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“Ebullience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ebullience. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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