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youthful
[ yooth-fuhl ]
adjective
- characterized by youth; young.
- of, relating to, or befitting youth:
youthful enthusiasm.
- having the appearance, freshness, vigor, etc., of youth:
She is 60 but her optimism has kept her youthful.
- in an early period of existence; early in time.
- Physical Geography. (of topographical features) having undergone erosion to a slight extent only.
youthful
/ ˈjuːθfʊl /
adjective
- of, relating to, possessing, or characteristic of youth
- fresh, vigorous, or active
he's surprisingly youthful for his age
- in an early stage of development
a youthful culture
Derived Forms
- ˈyouthfully, adverb
- ˈyouthfulness, noun
Other Words From
- youthful·ly adverb
- youthful·ness noun
- pre·youthful adjective
- un·youthful adjective
- un·youthful·ly adverb
- un·youthful·ness noun
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Julio Cardenas, 25 and an MC from the group RCA, was older but with a youthful smile that hid the harsher sides of Cuban life.
John Paul was youthful in his sixties with a radiant charisma.
I agree with you, but the youthful energy in the libertarian movement foresees a tipping point.
Imagine if you were doomed forever to live inside a youthful mistake.
This was before Cassidy entered politics, and the Republican congressman now calls that donation a “youthful indiscretion.”
For this reason the story of Yung Pak's youthful days may be the more interesting to his Western cousins.
Her youthful vanity had its way in a mind too speculative, intelligent, observant, merely to be shocked.
Much older than I he had long since passed through these youthful phases.
The handsome person and gallant bearing of the youthful knight excited general sympathy and regret.
Her real bitterness taught me what a purely youthful symptom mine had been, and she was rather a clever girl, often entertaining.
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