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high-principled, upright, righteous, pure, uncorrupted,
incorruptible, just, fair, right-minded, fair-minded,
high-minded, scrupulous, trustworthy: Thomas has proved himself
a virtuous young man. 2 chaste, innocent, virginal, virgin;
decent, proper, unsullied, faithful, true, uncorrupted: A
virtuous woman makes a virtuous wife.
virulence n. 1 virulency, poisonousness, venomousness, toxicity,
noxiousness, deadliness, perniciousness, injuriousness,
destructiveness, malignity, malignancy, violence, balefulness:
The virulence of his affliction was not recognized till it was
too late. 2 virulency, acrimony, acrimoniousness, bitterness,
acerbity, rancour, spleen, poison, poisonousness, venom,
venomousness, malignity, malevolence, maliciousness, malice,
spite, hostility, resentment, antagonism, hatred: We were taken
aback by the virulence of the priest's attack on Miss Thompson's
morals.
virulent adj. 1 lethal, life-threatening, deadly, fatal, pernicious,
septic, poisonous, toxic, baleful, noxious, dangerous, harmful,
injurious, detrimental, deleterious, destructive, unhealthy,
unwholesome: He died from a virulent form of dysentery that he
caught in the tropics. 2 vicious, venomous, bitter, spiteful,
malignant, malign, malicious, malevolent, poisonous, splenetic,
acrimonious, acerbic, acid, mordant, sarcastic, nasty,
trenchant, caustic, antagonistic, hateful, hostile: What did I
do to the reviewer of The Herald to merit such a virulent
review?
visible adj. 1 seeable, perceivable, perceptible, discernible,
detectable, discoverable, noticeable, unmistakable or
unmistakeable, clear, obvious, observable; visual: The visible
part of the energy spectrum is relatively small. The entrance
holes to their burrows were clearly visible. 2 obvious,
conspicuous, evident, apparent, prominent, manifest, distinct,
patent, well-defined, identifiable: The consequences of the Act
of Union of 1707 are still visible in Scotland today.
vision n. 1 eyesight, perception, sight: The optician said there is
nothing wrong with MacKenzie's vision. 2 far-sightedness,
understanding, imagination, foresight, foresightedness, insight:
MacKenzie has brought great vision to this scheme for developing
the Australian outback. 3 view, perspective, perception,