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effervescent adjective [ ɛfəˈvɛsənt ]

• (of a liquid) giving off bubbles; fizzy.
• "an effervescent mixture of cheap wine, fruit flavours, sugar, and carbon dioxide"
Similar: fizzy, sparkling, carbonated, aerated, gassy, bubbly, bubbling, fizzing, foaming, frothy, mousseux, pétillant, spumante, frizzante, Schaum-, Perl-,
Opposite: still, flat,
• vivacious and enthusiastic.
• "effervescent young people"
Similar: vivacious, lively, animated, full of life, spirited, high-spirited, bubbling, bubbly, ebullient, buoyant, sparkling, scintillating, light-hearted, carefree, happy-go-lucky, jaunty, merry, happy, jolly, joyful, full of fun, full of the joys of spring, cheery, cheerful, perky, sunny, airy, breezy, bright, enthusiastic, irrepressible, vibrant, vivid, vital, zestful, energetic, dynamic, vigorous, full of vim and vigour, lusty, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, bright and breezy, peppy, zingy, zippy, bouncy, upbeat, chirpy, full of beans, chipper, peart, gay,
Opposite: depressed,
Origin: late 17th century: from Latin effervescent- ‘boiling up’, from the verb effervescere (see effervesce).


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