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robust

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ro·bust  (r-bst, rbst)
adj.
1. Full of health and strength; vigorous.
2. Powerfully built; sturdy. See Synonyms at healthy.
3. Requiring or suited to physical strength or endurance: robust labor.
4. Rough or crude; boisterous: a robust tale.
5. Marked by richness and fullness; full-bodied: a robust wine.

[Latin rbustus, from rbur, rbus, oak, strength; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]

ro·bustly adv.
ro·bustness n.

robust
Adjective
1. very strong and healthy
2. sturdily built: the new generation of robust lasers
3. requiring or displaying physical strength: robust tackles [Latin robur an oak, strength]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"
rugged - sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"
strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
frail - physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"
2.robust - marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"
tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
3.robust - strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity; "the experiment yielded robust results"; "a robust faith"
strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
4.robust - rough and crude; "a robust tale"
unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"

robust
adjective 1. strong, tough, powerful, athletic, well, sound, fit, healthy, strapping, hardy, rude, vigorous, rugged, muscular, sturdy, hale, stout, staunch, hearty, husky (informal) in good health, lusty, alive and kicking, fighting fit, sinewy, brawny, in fine fettle, thickset, fit as a fiddle (informal) able-bodied << OPPOSITE weak
adjective 2. rough, raw, rude, coarse, raunchy (slang) earthy, boisterous, rollicking, unsubtle, indecorous, roisterous << OPPOSITE refined
adjective 3. straightforward, practical, sensible, realistic, pragmatic, down-to-earth, hard-headed, common-sensical
Translations
Spanish robust [rəuˈbʌst] adjrobusto, fuerte
French robust [rəuˈbʌst] adjrobuste; [material, appetite] → solide
German robust [rəuˈbʌst] adjrobust;
(appetite) → gesund

Italian robust [rəuˈbʌst] adjrobusto/a; [material] → solido/a

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Halpin being the youngest and not over robust was perhaps a trifle "spoiled.
On the weak and aged, and especially on delicate Females, the force of attraction tells much more heavily than on the robust of the Male Sex, so that it is a point of breeding, if you meet a Lady in the street, always to give her the North side of the way -- by no means an easy thing to do always at short notice when you are in rude health and in a climate where it is difficult to tell your North from your South.
First, to be too sensible of hurt; for no man is angry, that feels not himself hurt; and therefore tender and delicate persons must needs be oft angry; they have so many things to trouble them, which more robust natures have little sense of.
 
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