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zip; also animation, liveliness, sprightliness, vivacity; main, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, strength; brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, virility; health, healthiness, soundness, wellness

Antonyms

lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness

energy, force, main, might, muscle, potency, power, sinew, strength

vig·or·ous adjective 1 : having vigor

2 : done with force and energy

Synonyms

[1] hard, hard-bitten, hardy, rugged, stout, strong, sturdy, tough—more at HARDY

[1] dynamic, energetic, flush, lusty, peppy, robust, strenuous, vital; also animated, lively, spirited, sprightly, vivacious; energized, enlivened, invigorated, vitalized; firm, fortified, mettlesome, mighty, powerful, puissant, strong; refreshed, rejuvenated, revitalized; able-bodied, beefy, brawny, fit, fortified, hardy, husky, rugged, stalwart, stout, strapping, sturdy, tough; hale, healthy, sound; capable, competent

Antonyms

lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid

[2] aggressive, assertive, dynamic, emphatic, energetic, forceful, resounding, strenuous, vehement—more at EMPHATIC

[2] firm, forceful, hearty, lusty, robust, solid, stout, strong, sturdy

vig·or·ous·ly adverb : in a vigorous manner

Synonyms

energetically, firmly, forcefully, forcibly, hard, mightily, powerfully, stiffly, stoutly, strenuously, strongly, sturdily—more at HARD

vig·or·ous·ness noun : the quality or state of being vigorous

vig·our chiefly British variant of VIGOR

Vi·king noun [ORIGIN: ON vīkingr]

: any of the pirate Norsemen who raided or invaded the coasts of Europe in the 8th to 10th centuries

vile adjective vil·er; vil·est 1 : morally despicable

2 : physically repulsive : FOUL

3 : of little worth

4 : DEGRADING, IGNOMINIOUS

5 : utterly bad or contemptible <~ weather>

— vile·ly adverb

Synonyms

bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, rotten, sinful, unethical, unsavory, vicious, villainous, wicked, wrong

base, contemptible, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, ignoble, low, mean, snide, sordid, wretched—more at IGNOBLE

vile·ness noun : the quality or state of being vile

Synonyms

atrociousness, atrocity, depravity, enormity, heinousness, monstrosity, wickedness—more at ENORMITY

vil·i·fi·ca·tion noun : an instance of vilifying : a defamatory utterance

Synonyms

defamation, libel, slander—more at SLANDER

vil·i·fy verb -fied; -fy·ing : to blacken the character of with abusive language : DEFAME

— vil·i·fi·er noun

Synonyms

blacken, defame, libel, malign, slander, smear, traduce—more at SLANDER

vil·la noun 1 : a country estate

2 : the rural or suburban residence of a wealthy person

Synonyms

castle, estate, hall, manor, mansion, palace—more at MANSION

vil·lage noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF vilage, fr. vile manorial estate, farmstead, fr. L villa]

1 : a settlement usu. larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town

2 : an incorporated minor municipality

3 : the people of a village

vil·lag·er noun : an inhabitant of a village

vil·lain noun 1 : VILLEIN

2 : an evil person : SCOUNDREL

Synonyms

beast, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, knave, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, varlet, wretch; also blackguard; criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, transgressor; malefactor, perpetrator, sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer; cad, heel; bravo, desperado, outlaw; convict, jailbird; assassin, brute, cutthroat, gangster, gunman, hoodlum, racketeer, ruffian, thug; ne'er-do-well, trash

vil·lain·ess noun : a woman who is a villain

vil·lain·ous adjective 1 : befitting a villain : WICKED

2 : highly objectionable : DETESTABLE

— vil·lain·ous·ness noun

Synonyms

bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, rotten, sinful, unethical, unsavory, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

vil·lain·ous·ly adverb : in a villainous manner

vil·lainy noun, plural -lain·ies 1 : villainous conduct; also : a villainous act

2 : villainous character or nature

Synonyms

bad, evil, ill, immorality, iniquity, sin,