vivid
strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.: a vivid green.
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
1synonym study For vivid
Other words for vivid
Other words from vivid
- viv·id·ly, adverb
- viv·id·ness, vi·vid·i·ty [vi-vid-i-tee], /vɪˈvɪd ɪ ti/, noun
- o·ver·viv·id, adjective
- o·ver·viv·id·ness, noun
- un·viv·id, adjective
- un·viv·id·ness, noun
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How to use vivid in a sentence
His next vivid memory came in the operating room, when Hayes overheard a doctor wondering aloud how the coach remained conscious through the day.
A high school football coach had a heart attack during a game, but didn’t leave until it was done | Kyle Melnick | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThe battles have taken us on vivid trips down memory lane, as stars reemerge to put up 20 songs against another artist while fans from all over the world rock out and choose a winner.
OutKast May Face Off With A Tribe Called Quest For Verzuz Battle | Joe Colucci | November 9, 2020 | Essence.comKing Von was a respected storyteller, known for painting vivid pictures of his native Chicago.
By probing the average experience of many tunneling particles, the researchers are painting a more vivid picture of what goes on “inside the mountain” than the pioneers of quantum mechanics ever expected a century ago.
Quantum Tunnels Show How Particles Can Break the Speed of Light | Natalie Wolchover | October 20, 2020 | Quanta MagazineSoon after Reinoehl’s death, eyewitnesses gave vivid yet wildly varying accounts of the shooting.
New Eyewitness Accounts: Feds Didn’t Identify Themselves Before Opening Fire on Portland Antifa Suspect | by Bryan Denson for ProPublica and Conrad Wilson, Oregon Public Broadcasting | October 13, 2020 | ProPublica
Yet the president uses it for rhetorical vividness—a clarity, as it were.
What Did You Do in the Targeted Action, Daddy? | John McWhorter | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhitehead, again true to the genre, relishes gore and describes it with gruesome vividness.
It is surprising to find one piece so moving, so well written, and with such vividness.
The palimpsest of memory recalled with intensest vividness the Christian teachings of his childhood.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThen the vividness of the girl's beauty had slowly worked upon him, rendering his speechlessness absolute.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanWe require life in history, and it is for their vividness that the writings of Livy and Tacitus will be perpetuated.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordCareful attention should be paid to choice of words, for on right words depends in a large degree the vividness of a description.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThe short, nervous sentences 205 express both the vividness of his impressions and the intensity of his emotions.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
British Dictionary definitions for vivid
/ (ˈvɪvɪd) /
(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
Origin of vivid
1Derived forms of vivid
- vividly, adverb
- vividness, noun
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