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life-or-death, pivotal, paramount, main: In an emergency, the
captain must make the vital decision whether to abandon ship.
This is a matter of vital concern for us all. 3 lively, full of
life, vivacious, spirited, vigorous, dynamic, alive, animated,
brisk, energetic: We have lost a vital member of the community.
She took a vital interest in community affairs. 4 invigorating,
quickening, life-giving, animating, vitalizing, reviving,
vivifying, enlivening, rejuvenating: I could feel the vital
energies returning to my limbs.
vitality n. 1 energy, life, life-force, vigour, power, intensity, force,
liveliness,, vivacity, vivaciousness, animation, sparkle,
spiritedness, exuberance, Colloq zing, pep, pizazz, oomph,
get-up-and-go, zip, vim: My great-grandfather has the vitality
of a forty-year-old. 2 stamina, hardiness, endurance, energy,
strength, robustness: Does this society have the vitality
needed to take it into the next decade?
vitalize v. stimulate, activate, arouse, vivify, animate, awaken,
inspirit, invigorate, enliven, inspire, revive, rejuvenate,
innervate, energize, fortify, reinvigorate, renew, refresh,
charge (up): The tonic vitalized him to the point where he felt
young again.
vitiate v. 1 spoil, ruin, harm, impair, mar, sully, corrupt, pervert,
contaminate, adulterate, weaken, degrade, downgrade, depreciate,
diminish, depress, vulgarize, lower, reduce, undermine: Words
appropriated from other languages tend to enrich rather than
vitiate modern English. 2 debase, deprave, pervert, corrupt,
demoralize, defile: Despite other strengths his entire
character was vitiated by overriding avarice. 3 invalidate,
destroy, delete, cancel, nullify, annul, revoke, void, abrogate,
abolish, withdraw, quash, suppress: The invoice was effectively
vitiated by the plaintiff's failure to deliver the goods.
vituperate
v. berate, rate, reproach, revile, vilify, execrate, abuse,
denounce, decry, deprecate, disparage, devalue, diminish, put
down, run down, devaluate, depreciate, blame, inculpate,
censure, find fault with, attack, assail, castigate, scold,
reprimand, upbraid, rebuke, chide, chasten: From the pulpit he
continued to vituperate the vices of the court.