Antonyms for exuberance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ig-zoo-ber-uh ns

Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzu bər əns

Definition of exuberance

Origin : 1630s, from French exubérance (16c.), from Latin exuberantia "superabundance," noun of state from exuberare (see exuberant). Exuberancy attested from 1610s.

noun energy, enthusiasm
noun profusion

Example sentences :

“Sure,” he cried delightedly, slapping his thigh in his exuberance.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

So saying, Hilbert began to caper about the deck in the exuberance of his joy.
Extract from : « Rollo on the Atlantic » by Jacob Abbott

This letter requires no answer, and I write from exuberance of vanity.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) » by Charles Darwin

They were meant to suggest reproductive vigor, exuberance, and abundance.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

There was no exuberance; they went at the business quietly and grimly.
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

What had caused his exuberance to die away, his enthusiasm to grow dim?
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

The form only is left, and that is elaborated into the exuberance of decay.
Extract from : « The Gate of Appreciation » by Carleton Noyes

Up yonder tree, a squirrel is racing about, in the exuberance of his glee.
Extract from : « How to Cook Husbands » by Elizabeth Strong Worthington

He owns that his exuberance of animal spirits often leads him away.
Extract from : « Happy-Thought Hall » by F. C. Burnand

The reflection on this exuberance of nature is striking and true.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. » by Various

Synonyms for exuberance

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019