Some secret sorrow, or the brooding spirit of some moody passion, had quenched the light and ingenuous vivacity of youth.
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Vivacity
/vɪˈvæsɪti/
Synonyms for "vivacity" (143 found)
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activityalacrityanimal spiritsanimate existenceanimationanxietyanxiousnessappetiteardoravidityavidnessbeing alivebirthbouncebreathless impatiencebreezinessbriobrisknessbubblinesscapersomeness
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cheerful readiness
Adjective(1 words)
bright energy
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Noun(6 words)
coltishnessdasheagernessebullienceeffervescenceelanenergyenthusiasmespritexistenceexuberancefireforwardnessfriskinessfrolicsomenessgaietygamesomenessgaynessglowgust
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gustohaving lifeheartinesshilarityimmortalityimpatienceimpetuosityimpetusjoie de vivrekeen desirekeennesslifelifetimelightnessliveliness
Adjective(2 words)
heightened livelinesshigh energization
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Adjective(5 words)
loud energymore danish frisknordic vigorremarkable livelinessunmeasured vigor
Noun(21 words)
merrimentmore animatemore animatedpeppeppingperform more energeticallypizzazscintillationsparklesspiritingspringinesssprynesstanginessvigorvividnessvivificationyouthzestzingingzings
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élan
Adverb(1 words)
more wild energy
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5 entriesburst of vivacityclassroom vivacityradiant vivacityunrestrained vivacityvivacity of colors
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8 total sentences available.
The buoyancy, vivacity, energy, enthusiasm and ambition ordinarily associated with youth can be maintained through middle age and in some cases even to old age.
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But reposed natures may do well in youth. […] On the other side, heat and vivacity in age, is an excellent composition for business.
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1738, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book I, Part I, Section III. Of the Ideas of the Memory and the Imagination, We find by experience, that when any impression has been present with the mind, it again makes its appearance there as an idea; and this it may do after two different ways: either when in its new appearance it retains a considerable degree of its first vivacity, and is somewhat intermediate betwixt an impression and an idea: or when it entirely loses that vivacity, and is a perfect idea.
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