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Apathy is a lack of interest or unenthusiastic involvement in an activity; there is no effort to change or improve it at all.
When you have ardor for something, you have an intense feeling of love, excitement, and admiration for it.
Something austere is simple and plain in its style; an austere person is strict and severe with themselves.
Someone in a buoyant mood is in good spirits.
A convivial atmosphere or occasion is friendly, pleasant, cheerful, and relaxed.
If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean that she is quiet, shy, and always behaves modestly.
If you are despondent, you are extremely unhappy because you are in an unpleasant situation that you do not think will improve.
Someone who is dour is serious, stubborn, and unfriendly; they can also be gloomy.
Weather that is dreary tends to be depressing and gloomy; a situation or person that is dreary tends to be boring or uninteresting.
Someone who is ebullient is filled with enthusiasm, very happy, and extremely excited about something.
When you are ecstatic about something, you are overjoyed or extremely happy about it.
Someone who is effusive expresses happiness, pleasure, admiration, praise, etc., in an extremely enthusiastic way.
When you become elated about something, you become very happy, overjoyed, or extremely delighted.
If something enervates you, it makes you very tired and weak—almost to the point of collapse.
Ennui is the feeling of being bored, tired, and dissatisfied with life.
If something enthralls you, it makes you so interested and excited that you give it all your attention.
A state of euphoria is one of extreme happiness or overwhelming joy.
If you show exuberance, you display great excitement, energy, and enthusiasm.
Something humdrum is dull, boring, or tiresome.
When you are impassioned about a cause or idea, you are very passionate or highly emotionally charged about it.
If someone is impassive, they are not showing any emotion.
Something inanimate is dead, motionless, or not living; therefore, it does not display the same traits as an active and alive organism.
Someone who is inconsolable has been so devastated by a terrible event that no one can help them feel better about it.
If you are indifferent about something, you are uninterested or neutral about it, not caring either in a positive or negative way.
An indolent person is lazy.
When something is inert, it has no power of movement or is inactive.
Someone who is jaded is bored with or weary of the world because they have had too much experience with it.
If someone has a jaundiced view of something, they ignore the good parts and can only see the bad aspects of it.
When you are feeling jubilant, you are very happy or highly joyful about something.
If you do something in a lackadaisical way, you do it carelessly and without putting much effort into it—thereby showing that you are not really interested in what you’re doing.
A lamentable state of affairs is miserable and just plain awful.
A languid person is slow, relaxed, and shows little energy or interest in doing anything.
If you are lethargic, you are tired, lack energy, and are unwilling to exert effort.
When you are listless, you lack energy and interest and are unwilling to exert any effort.
Someone who is nonchalant is very relaxed and appears not to be worried about anything.
Someone who is phlegmatic stays calm and unemotional even in dangerous or exciting situations.
A plaintive sound or voice expresses sadness.
A solemn person is serious and shows no joy.
A stoic person does not show their emotions and does not complain when bad things happen to them.
If you are stolid, you have or show little emotion about anything at all.
If you are suffering from tedium, you are bored.
If your body is affected by torpor, you are severely lacking in energy; therefore, you are idle—and can even be numb.
If someone is described as vivacious, they are lively and have a happy, lighthearted manner.
Someone who is zealous spends a lot of time, energy, and effort to support something— notably that of a political or religious nature—because they believe in it very strongly.
Adj.
effervescent
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Context
The swim coach proved to be the most energetic, effervescent, and cheerful teacher Jim had ever had. At practice, the effervescent, enthusiastic coach would shout slogans such as “Go for it, Jim!” and “Give it all you got!” while waving his arms about for the entire practice session. Jim wondered how the coach could be so effervescent or full of energy—all the time.
Quiz:Try again!
Which person is effervescent?
Farrah is focused and driven as she works toward a long-term goal.
Hailey is high-spirited and extremely excited as she cheers for her team.
Marie is motivated and encouraging as she collaborates with her lab partners.
Merv's ScentEffect Marvelous Merv's new perfume has such a lively scent that it has the effect of making someone effervescent.
Examples
Kapilow himself works the crowd with a seemingly endless supply of high energy and bubbly good humor. Part evangelist, part effervescent game-show host, he takes his cordless mike into the fray to ask children questions and set up the show's overall concept.
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The Christian Science Monitor
"What happens inside a smaller avalanche does not matter to me," says Betty Sovilla, an effervescent Italian who manages the site.
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Wired
These two characters are now being infused with the effervescent talents of the brothers Giuffre—Carlos as Parascandolo, and Aldo as Vicenzino.
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The Christian Science Monitor
