vigorous further implies showing no signs of depletion or diminishing of freshness or robustness.
as vigorous as a youth half his age
energetic suggests a capacity for intense activity.
an energetic campaigner
strenuous suggests a preference for coping with the arduous or the challenging.
the strenuous life on an oil rig
lusty implies exuberant energy and capacity for enjoyment.
a lusty appetite for life
nervous suggests especially the forcibleness and sustained effectiveness resulting from mental vigor.
full of nervous energy
Examples of lusty in a Sentence
the lusty young rowers on the college crew team
a lusty spirit of adventure
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The boat moves and creaks, the sails flutter in the wind, and the crew gives a lusty hurrah as the course is set for Singapore.—John Bleasdale, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025 This transporting, lusty book is a vacation essential.—Tia Williams, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 The big picture: San Diego's first and only romance bookstore helped the genre heat up as print sales have grown and more lusty literature shops pop up around the country.—Kate Murphy, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025 Sorry to everyone whose lingering Pennywise crush was dampened by all the prosthetics Skarsgård is under as Orlok, but hopefully that giggle-inducing lusty sniffing is enough for your sicko-mode fantasizing.—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lusty
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