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US
/ˈvɪɡɝəs/
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[ UK /vˈɪɡəɹəs/ ]
[ UK /vˈɪɡəɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
vigorous opposition to the war
a vigorous hiker
gave her skirt a vigorous shake
a vigorous foreign policy
a vigorous campaign -
strong and active physically or mentally
a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback
How To Use vigorous In A Sentence
- Vigorously he hops and stomps along with the music.
- Defence lawyers routinely accuse victims who failed to make 'vigorous enough' protests, as in fact having consented.
- He gives an amusing account of the vigorous campaign against his hospital closure programme. Times, Sunday Times
- For a time, the revolt chilled the atmosphere in which they had to operate and stimulated a vigorous debate within their fracturing movement about the appropriate means to effect the desired end of emancipation.
- Do not use power sanders or even vigorous hand brushing.
- Take spinal charities competing vigorously for funds. Times, Sunday Times
- This case for a belief module is far from unassailable, and indeed every one of these prongs is still vigorously disputed, but the whole picture is compelling.
- October 31 was a good day with a \ "vigorous, buoyant rally from bell to bell\". Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- Although most and vigorous gripkill proper hand grisactin not done griseofulvin nicotine. Rudy: Iraq Is "In The Hands Of Other People"
- Add the vermouth, garlic and cayenne, boil the liquid away and start adding ladlefuls of the seaweed and saffron-flavoured vegetable stock, stirring vigorously all the while to aid absorption and prevent sticking.
