Vigorous
Antonyms of VIGOROUS
- dull, puny, listless, equivocal, sensitive, inert, nonassertive, quiescent, sluggish, enervated, incapacitated, resistless, wishy-washy, ill, soft, Nonemphatic, moderate, insecure, apathetic, lazy, disabled, nerveless, indifferent, hesitant, halting, perishable, idle, wan, temporary, spineless, unemphatic, inactive, uncertain, tired, slow, lackadaisical, guarded, feeble, uncompelling, mild, fragile, characterless, yielding, diseased, lethargic, unwell, unsound, broken-down, unenrgetic, facile, weak-kneed, susceptible, transient, delicate, ambiguous, infirm, weak, quiet, crippled, impotent, understated, incapable, decrepit, unresistant, dispirited, limp, worn-out, unenthusiastic, vulnerable, easy, unhealthy, ineffective, spiritless, heavy, emasculated, invertebrate, helpless, diffident.
Examples of usage:
-
Just the same I'd rather minister to the living," said John, to which Mary gave vigorous assent. "The Story of a Doctor's Telephone--Told by His Wife" by Ellen M. Firebaugh
-
To hide " Sam's candle" was a sure way to get prompt and vigorous return. "Mark Twain, A Biography, Vol. 1, Part 1, 1835-1866 The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens" by Albert Bigelow Paine
