vividness

noun

Definition of vividnessnext
as in clearness

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  1. directness
  2. fervor
  3. warmth
  4. eloquence
  5. stridency
Noun
  • There’s a directness to Jim’s music, a solidity that feels apparent from the first note.
    Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This easygoing directness is repeated in the interior blueprint.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of directness
Noun
  • Both teens separately described similar environments of pro-Palestinian fervor that left them feeling ostracized, particularly when older students with no cultural ties to the Palestinians began to don keffiyehs and accuse Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
    Beth Bailey, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That’s despite summer record-setters such as Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2 and holiday hits such as Wicked, Moana 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Way more sequels are set for 2025, driving business, if not heartfelt fervor.
    David Bloom, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of fervor
Noun
  • But the tease of warmth will only make the extreme cold that follows feel more intense.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Winds from the south resume and bring back the warmth, and a slight chance of showers.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of warmth
Noun
  • Gunn wanted to bring back more elements from Shelley's original version, such as the character’s eloquence and his desperate longing for companionship.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Domingo is perhaps best known for his eloquence, but here, he’s caught in a loop, grasping for the right thing to say.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of eloquence
Noun
  • Elphaba is the one who goes from rejection and sadness to love and stridency and, finally, rage.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Macron’s increasing stridency has surprised even members of his own party.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of stridency
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