effervescent
effervescently
Something effervescent has bubbles or froth, like a sparkling cider or a bubble bath. If you have a happy, light, cheerful personality — if you are "bubbly" — you too are effervescent.
Coming from the Latin effervēscere, the original meaning was more boiling than bubbly, thanks to the ferv part, which means "hot." The word literally refers to bubbles giving off gas, and any drinks you enjoy that are nose-ticklingly effervescent make bubbles that pop and release into the air. Remember, someone with an effervescent personality is just bubbly, not full of gas!
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(of a liquid) giving off bubbles
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Synonyms:
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bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy
emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
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aerated, charged
supplied with carbon dioxide
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fizzing, fizzy
hissing and bubbling
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carbonated
having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated)
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Antonyms:
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noneffervescent
not effervescent
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flat
having lost effervescence
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noncarbonated, uncarbonated
not having carbonation
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bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy
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used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
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synonyms:
sparkling
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Antonyms:
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noneffervescent, still
not sparkling
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noneffervescent, still
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marked by high spirits or excitement“his fertile effervescent mind”
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synonyms:
bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly
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lively
full of life and energy
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lively
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