vigor

Roget category 574

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means

#574. Vigor

noun

vigor, power, force — boldness, raciness etc. adj. — intellectual, force — spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy — verve, glow, fire, warmth — strong language — gravity, sententiousness — elevation, loftiness, sublimity.
eloquence — command of words, command of language.

adjective

vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive — sensational.
spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing — pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical — sententious.
lofty, elevated, sublime — eloquent — vehement, petulant, impassioned — poetic.

adverb

in glowing terms, in good set terms, in no measured terms.

phrase

thoughts that breath and words that burn" [Gray].

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