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youthful

[ yooth-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. characterized by youth; young.
  2. of, relating to, or befitting youth:

    youthful enthusiasm.

  3. having the appearance, freshness, vigor, etc., of youth:

    She is 60 but her optimism has kept her youthful.

  4. in an early period of existence; early in time.
  5. Physical Geography. (of topographical features) having undergone erosion to a slight extent only.


youthful

/ ˈjuːθfʊl /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, possessing, or characteristic of youth
  2. fresh, vigorous, or active

    he's surprisingly youthful for his age

  3. in an early stage of development

    a youthful culture

  4. Alsoyoung (of a river, valley, or land surface) in the early stage of the cycle of erosion, characterized by steep slopes, lack of flood plains, and V-shaped valleys Compare mature old
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈyouthfully, adverb
  • ˈyouthfulness, noun
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Other Words From

  • youthful·ly adverb
  • youthful·ness noun
  • pre·youthful adjective
  • un·youthful adjective
  • un·youthful·ly adverb
  • un·youthful·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of youthful1

First recorded in 1555–65; youth + -ful
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Synonym Study

See young.
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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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