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vividness

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viv·id  (vvd)
adj. viv·id·er, viv·id·est
1. Perceived as bright and distinct; brilliant: a vivid star.
2.
a. Having intensely bright colors: a vivid tapestry.
b. Having a very high degree of saturation: a vivid purple.
3. Presented in clear and striking manner: a vivid account of the incident. See Synonyms at graphic.
4. Perceived or felt with the freshness of immediate experience: a vivid recollection of their childhood.
5. Active in forming lifelike images: a vivid imagination.

[Latin vvidus, from vvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]

vivid·ly adv.
vivid·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vividnessvividness - interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
interestingness, interest - the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room"
2.vividness - chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
color property - an attribute of color

vividness
noun
1. clarity, realism, intensity, sharpness, immediacy, distinctness, graphicness the vividness of characterisation in the play
2. brightness, brilliance, intensity, glow, richness, strength, radiance, brilliancy, resplendence the startling vividness of colours in his surroundings
Translations
vividness [ˈvɪvɪdnɪs] N [of colours] → intensidad f, viveza f; [of description] → lo gráfico; [of impression, recollection, memory] → fuerza f
vividness [ˈvɪvɪdnɪs] n [memory, dream] → netteté f; [description] → caractère m saisissant
vividness
n
(of colour)Lebhaftigkeit f; (of light)Helligkeit f
(of style)Lebendigkeit f; (of description, metaphor, image)Anschaulichkeit f; (of imagination, memory)Lebhaftigkeit f
vividness [ˈvɪvɪdnɪs] n (of colour, description) → vivacità; (of impression, recollection) → chiarezza
vividness [ˈvɪvɪdnɪs] n (of colour, description) → vivacità; (of impression, recollection) → chiarezza


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In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies.
Curse thee, thou vain toy; and cursed be all the things that cast man's eyes aloft to that heaven, whose live vividness but scorches him, as these old eyes are even now scorched with thy light, O sun
I can give no idea of the peculiar charm and vividness of his talk.
 
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