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emain vigilant, they will never be able to take us by surprise.
vigorous adj. energetic, active, vivacious, dynamic, brisk, lively,
spirited, robust, strong, hardy, hale, hearty, vital, fit,
lusty, stalwart, in good or fine fettle, spry, sprightly,
resilient, Colloq peppy, full of pep, full of get-up-and-go,
full of beans: At 63, he is just as vigorous as he was at 40.
vigorously
adv. energetically, actively, vivaciously, dynamically,
briskly, spiritedly, robustly, strongly, hardily, heartily,
lustily, stalwartly, eagerly, with might and main, with a
vengeance, strenuously, Colloq like mad, like crazy, hammer and
tongs: It may not be good for you to exercise vigorously every
day.
vigour n. vitality, resilience, strength, power, energy, forcefulness,
force, stamina, endurance, mettle, mettlesomeness, pith,
dynamism, spirit, liveliness, animation, verve, vivacity,
exuberance, brio, briskness, zest, zealousness, enthusiasm,
gusto, eagerness, Colloq spunk, pep, pizazz, vim, oomph, zing,
get-up-and-go: When attacked, they defended themselves with
extraordinary vigour.
vile adj. 1 base, abject, contemptible, debased, degenerate,
depraved, bad, iniquitous, execrable, atrocious, sordid,
immoral, amoral, wicked, evil, sinful, hellish, fiendish,
ignoble, revolting, despicable, horrid, horrible, dreadful,
terrible, corrupt, mean, wretched, miserable, degrading,
ignominious, disgraceful, shameful, shameless: In every age,
the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among
demagogues. 2 disgusting, nasty, sickening, nauseous,
nauseating, foul, loathsome, offensive, noxious, repulsive,
repellent, repugnant: It is, indeed, a vile disease, but at
least it is not contagious. She had prepared some vile cocktail
that I refused to drink.
vilify v. depreciate, devalue, deprecate, debase, disparage,
denigrate, diminish, traduce, defame, speak ill of, revile,
slander, libel, abuse, defile, sully, smear, tarnish, malign,
calumniate, asperse, run down, decry, Rare vilipend, Colloq US
bad-mouth: His political and religious views became notorious
and were often vilified.