vituperative, adj. 1. censorious, reproachful, denunciatory, damnatory, objurgatory, imprecatory, fulminatory, execratory, animadversional, commina-tory, Obs. exprobratory; abusive, injurious, harsh, virulent, scurrilous, withering, caustic, corrosive; contemptuous, insulting, sarcastic, satirical, sardonic, cutting, sharp-tongued, belittling, disparaging, deprecatory, detractory, derogatory, depreciating, devaluating, deflating; humiliating, humbling, mortifying. 2. defamatory, denigrating, vilipenditory, scandalous, malign; slanderous, libelous, calumnious, calumniatory, false, misrepresentative, imputative, asper-sive, insinuating.
vituperator, n. 1. censurer, reviler, castigator, in-veigher, reprover, disapprover, censor; denouncer, railer, curser, execrator, imprecator, anathematizer, critic; defamer, vilifier, vilipender, denigrator, scan-dalizer, impugner, asperser, backbiter, maligner, evil-speaker, carper, caviler, Inf. knocker, lampooner, satirist, muckraker, hack; belittler, disparager, depreca-tor, detractor, derogator, depreciator.
2. slanderer, libeler, calumniator, traducer, falsifier, liar; mudslinger, dirt-flinger.
vivacious, adj. lively, full of life, animated, full of pep, Inf full of get up and go, alive, vivid, (of a woman) buxom; frisky, spirited, high-spirited, full of spirit, brisk; chipper, jaunty, sprightly, buoyant, breezy, gay, merry, cheerful, jovial, jolly, mirthful; bright, bubbly, effervescent, ebullient, blithe, light-hearted; playful, sportive, gamesome, frolicsome.
vivacity, n. liveliness, animation, Inf. pep, Inf. zip, Inf. snap, Inf. pizzaz, get up and go; vigor, vigorousness, energy; friskiness, spiritedness, high-spiritedness, chipperness, joviality, cheer, good cheer, cheerfulness, light-heartedness; brightness, sunniness, effervescence; playfulness, sportiveness, gamesomeness, frolicsomeness; high spirits, good spirits, animal spirits.
viva voce, orally, vocally, verbally, by word of mouth.
vivid, adj. 1. bright, brilliant, resplendent, splendid, intense, radiant, dazzling, glittering; refulgent, effulgent, fulgurant, fulgent, fulgid, Archaic, fulgorous; lustrous, lucid, luscent, nitid.
2. vivacious. See - vivacious.
3. realistic, lifelike, true to life; striking, telling, graphic, picturesque, impressive, dramatic.
4. visible, perceptible, perceivable, discernible, see-able, visual; apparent, evident, manifest, clear, crystal-clear; conspicuous, salient, prominent, impossible to miss or overlook; distinct, well-defined, well-marked.
vividness, n. 1. brilliance, brightness, resplendence, intensity, radiance; refulgence, effulgence, Archaic. fulgor; lustrousness, lucidity, nitidity.
2. vivacity. See - vivacity.
3. realism, lifelikeness; graphicalness, picturesqueness, strikingness, tellingness, impressiveness.
4. visibility, perceptibility, perceivability, discernibleness; apparentness, manifestness, clearness; conspicuousness, salience, prominence; distinctness.
vivify, v. animate, quicken, vitalize, energize, galvanize, invigorate; enliven, liven up, inspirit, stimulate, arouse, fire; brighten, encourage, buoy, sharpen, accentuate.