Vigorous
['vɪg(ə)rəs] or ['vɪɡərəs]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; 'a vigorous hiker'; 'gave her skirt a vigorous shake'; 'a vigorous campaign'; 'a vigorous foreign policy'; 'vigorous opposition to the war' .
(adj.) strong and active physically or mentally; 'a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback'- W.H.Hudson .
Checker: Reginald--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant.
(a.) Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Strong, powerful, forcible, intense.[2]. Energetic, efficient, effective.[3]. Healthy, hale, robust, sturdy, sound, hardy, hearty, able-bodied, in health, in good health, not diseased.[4]. Thrifty, flourishing, growing well.[5]. Nervous, spirited, lively, sparkling, racy, pointed, piquant, impassioned.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Strong, lusty, powerful, energetic, efficacious, nervous, robust, virile,manly, active, resolute
ANT:Weak, feeble, powerless, Inactive, nerveless, enervated, debile, debilitated,effete, emasculated, inactive, irresolute, indolent
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Examples
- Physically, she far excelled me: she was handsome; she was vigorous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His efforts were so vigorous, I thought he could not be much hurt; but I asked him the question-- Are you injured, sir? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The child, a boy of ten months, was uncommonly large and strong of his age, and very vigorous in his limbs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr Lightwood murmured 'Vigorous Saxon spirit--Mrs Boffin's ancestors--bowmen--Agincourt and Cressy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The most vigorous males, or those which have most successfully struggled with their conditions of life, will generally leave most progeny. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- His appetite is so vigorous that it suggests spare living for some little time back. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Generally, the most vigorous males, those which are best fitted for their places in nature, will leave most progeny. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- And it was chiefly the poorer citizens of Athens who sustained this empire by their most vigorous and incessant personal service. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The bumping against the door, the laughter, the stamping, were all as vigorous as ever, and the pleasure in being outside lessened considerably. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Fire's welly out,' said he, giving it a vigorous poke, as if to turn attention away from himself. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- A vigorous official himself, Airy was deeply impressed by the calm decisiveness and definite directions of the French mathematician. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This last manifestation as by far the most alarming, by reason of its threatening his prolonged stay on the premises, necessitated vigorous measures. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Within recent years vigorous efforts have been made to overcome this growing evil. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One look, and he had sprung from the vessel's side, and with vigorous strokes was swimming towards it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Your father's health is now so vigorous, that he appears ten years younger since last winter. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- With the return of the monarchy in 1660, there was a vigorous development of British colonization in America. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His brain is first-rate, I should think not impressible, but vigorous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It became at last a wide and vigorous political reality, and from it are derived two great powers of modern Europe, France and the German Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One discovers it still as vigorous under the Directorate as if there had been no revolution. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But she made a wry face at the prospect, and scratched away at her palette as if bent on vigorous measures before she gave up her hopes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Has a girl of fourteen a heart large enough, vigorous enough, to hold the swelling spring of pure, full, fervid eloquence? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She seemed encased in a strong armour of indifference, as though the vigorous exertion of her will had finally benumbed her finer sensibilities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Plato said that Aristotle reacted against his instructo r as a vigorous colt kicks the mother that nourishes it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Look at the most vigorous species; by as much as it swarms in numbers, by so much will it tend to increase still further. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Everything about her was at once vigorous and exquisite, at once strong and fine. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Oliver's vigorous plunges against the bit of timber in question, rendered this occurance highly probable. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The cures he prescribed were vigorous government interference, strict magisterial vigilance; when necessary, prompt military coercion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To quote from an official Bell statement: The brief but vigorous Western Union competition was a kind of blessing in disguise. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Only with Innocent III (1198-1216) did another vigorous Pope take up the great policy of the City of God. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the rear of the Yueh-Chi were the Huns, and in the rear of the Huns and turning them now northward was the vigorous Han Dynasty of China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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