VIBRANT


Meaning of VIBRANT in English

-nt adjective

Etymology: Latin vibrant-, vibrans, present participle of vibrare to shake, vibrate — more at wipe

1.

a.

(1) : oscillating or pulsating rapidly : vibrating, pulsing

vibrant quivering telegraph wires — J.C.Powys

(2) : pulsating with life, vigor, or activity : alive , vital

the vibrant atmosphere of a new age and a new world — I.M.Price

a vibrant , active force, refusing to cede the dominion he had won — E.M.Lustgarten

his vibrant personality

(3) : actively affected by an influence

enfeebled but still vibrant with her memories — Newsweek

b.

(1) : readily set in vibration

(2) : open and responsive to or easily affected by environment, events, other people, or stimuli : sensitive

hungry for ideas, intellectually and emotionally vibrant — V.L.Parrington

mind was vibrant rather than deeply original — L.H.Butterfield

2.

a. : sounding as a result of vibration

b. : having, exhibiting, or being a vital resonant sound : sonorous , resonant , resounding

vibrant baritone voice — William Fifield

c. : resonant or echoing with the sounds of life and activity

3. : having the effect of or enlivened by sparkling light, color, or texture

a painting vibrant with color and action — F.J.Mather

Synonyms: see resonant

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.