(a.) Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Now, despite the challenges, Spurr appears ebullient.
(2) It was flattering, appropriate (despite inevitable "oo-er, heels at a sports event" comments in the media) and, crucially, the look was not overpowered by Obama's mustard cashmere cardigan – although she was as ebullient and as natural as we have come to expect.
(3) But the more understated David Tanner, GB Rowing performance director, and sailing's ebullient Stephen Park have been equally influential in their own sports.
(4) Toby Young called her a "petulant prima donna" in the Telegraph, while Observer critic Robert McCrum wrote that, as "an ebullient and pioneering feminist publisher from the 1970s [it's] hardly a surprise that she should find herself unresponsive to Roth's lifelong subject: the adventures of the ordinary sexual [American] man".
(5) In 1961, Freeman took over Pick of the Pops from David Jacobs, and successfully managed to relegate the musical content to second place with his ebullient presenting manner.
(6) It was a cruel irony that so ebullient and brilliant a speaker - he was the irreplaceable host of the Evening Standard Drama Awards for many years - should be deprived of his voice in the last months of his life.
(7) In 2011, director Michel Hazanavicius delighted Cannes with the grace and ebullience of his silent pastiche The Artist .
(8) After the John Birt regime, however, his ebullient leadership style involving "cut the crap" and "let's make it happen" initiatives was welcomed by staff,who had felt creativity had been repressed for far too long under the weight of bureaucracy.
(9) Merkel, the great political survivor of Europe, and Mr Ebullience, the new inductee from down under.
(10) To find ways of sharing their enthusiasm and gifts with our communities, above all in works of mercy and concern for others?” Mother of disabled child kissed by pope applauds Francis's 'love for everybody' Read more At the barricades, the ebullient crowd mingled with police, national guardsmen in fatigues, and wary agents from the secret service and FBI, in suits save for telltale holsters, badges and microphones.
(11) It is an ebullient, bustling and self-confident city, and any changes need to take these essential characteristics onboard.
(12) And Pakistan's ebullient media are having a field day.
(13) But not in a sort of ebullient way, I just feel quietly confident and settled.
(14) Sarah Sands, ebullient towards the end of a 12-hour first day as deputy editor last week, is to mastermind a daily Trends section with new columns on sex and style.
(15) As for his lordship, he is ebullient as ever and feels vindicated that he can defend “the values that led me to join the Liberal party in my teens”.
(16) And so the performance, rehearsed with the professionals and now played with them, proceeds on its mettle – boisterous and ebullient, ending in applause.
(17) While wealthy nations mull over climate projections and agonise over potential dips in GDP, the stereotypically ebullient Pacific islanders aim to bring some steely reality to Paris.
(18) Boys were rated as more attentive, hyperactive, ebullient and sociable; girls were described as more placid and talkative.
(19) A particular case attracted my attention: the Daily Mail interviewed "Rudi" , described as "an ebullient 28 years old" who lives with his family on benefits, around Nottingham.
(20) It is 11am and this is his fourth interview of the day, starting at some ungodly hour with a baptism of bosomy fire courtesy of Lorraine Kelly and followed by a stream of ebullient radio presenters.
Euphoric
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Why do they want to take away this cheer that identifies us, that is lovely, that is euphoric, and that is in no way homophobic?” 4.
(2) After a weekend of euphoric, inspiring feminist solidarity , this is a heavy blow for women, and I have no doubt the men who marched alongside us will feel the same.
(3) This applies also to the euphoric forms which usually are still assigned to Manic-depressive illness.
(4) Meanwhile, in March this year, when the HS2 bill passed the Commons, Steer was euphoric.
(5) These studies suggest that the antihistamine tripelennamine has abuse potential, and that in combination with pentazocine, the euphoric effects of the opioid are enhanced and its dysphoric properties attenuated.
(6) Or perhaps just a tad euphoric if you prefer actual money to percentages.
(7) A review of the original medical, historical and other pertinent literature of the last 350 years illustrates the origins of the use of coca leaf, its spread, the isolation of cocaine and its first uses, as well as some of the euphoric and other effects of both substances.
(8) And, as a couple of new films show, the onscreen relationship between gay sexuality and a countryside setting can take many forms: often stifling or threatening but sometimes also liberating, even euphoric.
(9) Dysphoric states were observed in a patient immediately after right unilateral and bilateral ECT, while euphoric states followed left unilateral ECT, suggesting that disruption of lateralized neural mechanisms may have been involved in the pathophysiology of the affective states.
(10) The euphorically tearful singer will be awarded the customary prize of a £1m recording contract, and accorded all the glittering privileges of celebrity status, until the end of the year at least.
(11) Infusion mood responses were classified as euphoric, neutral, mixed or dysphoric.
(12) The euphoric McAllister, sometimes referred to as Merkel's lapdog, threw an arm around her shoulder.
(13) Particularly few psychoses among the relatives have been found in the euphoric forms which demonstrates their independency for if they would belong to Manic-depressive illness they necessarily would show the heavy genetic loading of this bipolar illness.
(14) The mental state was characterized by an expressed mental retardation with some special traits: relatively well developed speech, talkativeness, good-naturedness, an euphoric mood, inactivity and poor motor functioning.
(15) We did not confirm previous reports that nonresponders to lithium alone (Group 2) were more overactive or paranoid--destructive or less euphoric--grandiose than responders to lithium alone (Group 1).
(16) Thus, a fluctuating confusional state associated with myoclonus suggested a PM St. A state of confusion with alteration of the emotional sphere evoked especially a Ps M St. A confusional state associated with behavioural disorders of euphoric type and to programmation difficulties was seen mainly in F St.
(17) However, euphoric mood changes were more pronounced, and adverse effects were less pronounced, in the present study, possibly due to the shorter duration of gas inhalation or the minimal tests of performance involved.
(18) This isn't quite the euphoric picture painted by three hours of debate in the Commons last week, hailing a charter agreement that most MPs hadn't read.
(19) Despite the praise, their follow-up, Euphoric Heartbreak , an album NME gave nine out of 10 stars (which means it is, in that magazine's opinion, one of the very best albums of 2011), has sold just 30,000 since it came out this April, a fall of 90%.
(20) There was a euphoric sense that after decades of tyranny, the Chinese people had found the courage to take full control of their lives and attempt to change the fate of their nation.