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 vividly

I vividly recall, that day and the weeks afterward, people groping for a decent way forward.

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Has it not been vividly described in all its horror by Eli Wiesel and others?

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He vividly remembers Shirley Tilghman, then the president of Princeton, asking for his prediction.

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His letters to them show how their predicament brought his own vividly back to him.

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The winter of 1838 and 1839, Mr. Ward says, was vividly impressed upon his mind, being his first experience as a trapper.

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He said only a word or two; but, as his eyes met hers, Anne blushed—blushed suddenly and vividly.

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How vividly I realized then that the imprisoned miner would give a world of gold, his former god, for a ray of light.

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She who never before had vividly seen herself as married to a man!

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Without fully being aware of it, until the thing was done, Mary-Clare got vividly into the story.

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British Dictionary definitions for vividly

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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