1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of youth
youthful inexperience
2
: being young and not yet mature
3
: marked by or possessing youth
youthful dancers
4
: having the vitality or freshness of youth : vigorous
my youthful grandparents
5
: having accomplished or undergone little erosion
youthful mountains
youthfulness
noun
Examples of youthful in a Sentence
My grandparents are still very youthful.
it's still a youthful nation with a lot of promise and potential
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Lentz was a hip pastor with a youthful congregation and a following that included actress Vanessa Hudgens, basketball player Kevin Durant and pop star Justin Bieber.
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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 7 June 2024
From a design stance, the brand’s ethos finds a healthy balance between sophisticated, youthful, and edgy.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 June 2024
Only now, as an adult, this blonde-wood, rice-steam, white-musk essence puts a soothingly youthful pep in your step.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
Using fillers to address nasal labial folds — the lines running from the sides of the nose to the corners of the mouth — can help smooth out these lines and give a more youthful appearance.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 7 June 2024
From a design stance, the brand’s ethos finds a healthy balance between sophisticated, youthful, and edgy.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 June 2024
Only now, as an adult, this blonde-wood, rice-steam, white-musk essence puts a soothingly youthful pep in your step.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
Using fillers to address nasal labial folds — the lines running from the sides of the nose to the corners of the mouth — can help smooth out these lines and give a more youthful appearance.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
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“Youthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youthful. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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