vivid

[ viv-id ]

/ ˈvɪv ɪd /

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adjective

strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.: a vivid green.

full of life; lively; animated: a vivid personality.

presenting the appearance, freshness, spirit, etc., of life; realistic: a vivid account.

strong, distinct, or clearly perceptible: a vivid recollection.

forming distinct and striking mental images: a vivid imagination.

Origin of vivid

1630–40; < Latin vīvidus lively, equivalent to vīv(ere) to live (see vital) + -idus -id⁴

SYNONYMS FOR vivid

1 bright, brilliant, intense.

2 spirited, vivacious, intense.

3 See picturesque.

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OTHER WORDS FROM vivid

viv·id·ly, adverb viv·id·ness, vi·vid·i·ty, noun o·ver·viv·id, adjective o·ver·viv·id·ly, adverb

o·ver·viv·id·ness, noun un·viv·id, adjective un·viv·id·ly, adverb un·viv·id·ness, noun

Words nearby vivid

vives, vivi-, vivian, viviani, vivianite, vivid, vivification, vivify, viviparous, vivisect, vivisection

Example sentences from the Web for vivid

Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.

How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature |Wendy Smith |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Today, with the memories of Ingrid Bergman so vivid in his mind, it seems clear that he's been thinking about her a great deal.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
By the end of his life, the memories of corporal punishment at the hands of his teachers were vivid.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For such songs, she pairs raunchy lyrics with vivid imagery.

From Church of Christ to Pansexual Rapper |Tyler Gillespie |November 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

This particular bit of airplane was vivid with the possibility that it was a significant clue.

How Amelia's Plane Was Found |Michael Daly |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This eighteenth-century Colonial narrative gives a vivid description of Roger's Rangers.

A Mother's List of Books for Children |Gertrude Weld Arnold
A vivid blush suffused her face, which appeared all the prettier to him in its embarrassed shyness.

Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch |Ulrich Frank
His descriptions of visible things, of streets and hills, and seas and men, are vivid in his accustomed manner.

Titanic |Filson Young
The vivid and sudden contrast of this little drive with the hotel is one of the pleasantest points of Saratoga life.

Saratoga and How to See It |R. F. Dearborn
The story presents a picture of truth and honor that cannot fail to have a vivid impression upon the reader.

The Convert |Elizabeth Robins

British Dictionary definitions for vivid

vivid

/ (ˈvɪvɪd) /

adjective

(of a colour) very bright; having a very high saturation or purity; produced by a pure or almost pure colouring agent

brilliantly coloured vivid plumage

conveying to the mind striking realism, freshness, or trueness to life; graphic a vivid account

(of a recollection, memory, etc) remaining distinct in the mind

(of the imagination, etc) prolific in the formation of lifelike images

making a powerful impact on the emotions or senses a vivid feeling of shame

uttered, operating, or acting with vigour vivid expostulations

full of life or vitality a vivid personality

Derived forms of vivid

vividly, adverb vividness, noun

Word Origin for vivid

C17: from Latin vīvidus animated, from vīvere to live

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