Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas
Various Qualities of Style

574. Vigor.

   NOUN:VIGOR, power, force; boldness, raciness &c. adj.; intellectual force; spirit, punch [slang], point, piquancy; verve, ardor, enthusiasm, glow, fire, warmth; strong language; gravity, weight, sententiousness.
  LOFTINESS, elevation, sublimity, grandeur.
  ELOQUENCE; command of words, command of language.
   ADJECTIVE:VIGOROUS, nervous, powerful, forcible, forceful, mordant, biting, trenchant, incisive, graphic, impressive; sensational.
  SPIRITED, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing, crushing; pungent, piquant, full of pep [slang], having punch [slang], full of point, pointed, pithy; sententious.
  LOFTY, elevated, sublime, poetic, grand, weighty, ponderous; eloquent.
  VEHEMENT, petulant, passionate, burning, impassioned.
   ADVERB:in -glowing, – good set, – no measured- terms; with his heart on fire; like a ton of bricks [colloq.].
   QUOTATION:Thoughts that breathe and words that burn.—Gray