Robust
[rə(ʊ)'bʌst] or [ro'bʌst]
Definition
(adj.) rough and crude; 'a robust tale' .
(adj.) sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; 'a robust body'; 'a robust perennial' .
(adj.) strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity; 'the experiment yielded robust results'; 'a robust faith' .
Typed by Cedric--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.
(a.) Violent; rough; rude.
(a.) Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
Checked by Freda
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Strong, athletic, brawny, stout, sinewy, muscular, stalwart, hale, lusty, sturdy, firm, sound, vigorous, powerful, mighty, Herculean, able-bodied, made of iron.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Strong, lusty, brawny, able-bodied, sturdy, sinewy, muscular, hale, hearty,vigorous, sound, iron
ANT:Weak, frail, puny, fragile, weakly, delicate, sickly
Editor: Stu
Definition
adj. of great strength or vigour: requiring strength: rude rough.—adj. Robust′ious (Milt.) violent rough.—adv. Robust′iously.—n. Robust′iousness.—adv. Robust′ly.—n. Robust′ness.
Editor: Nell
Examples
- She was little changed; something sterner, something more robust--but she was my godmother: still the distinct vision of Mrs. Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For a long time, though studying and working patiently, I had accustomed myself to robust exercise. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Her constitution is both sound and elastic;--better calculated to endure variations of climate than many more robust. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His legs were very robust, but shorter than legs of good proportions should have been. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Then, his preaching was ingenious and pithy, like the preaching of the English Church in its robust age, and his sermons were delivered without book. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The woman was young, but of a robust and hardy make, as she need have been to bear the weight of the heavy bundle which was strapped to her back. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Some assistance being needed, he demanded it of the cook, a robust, strong-armed womanbut she, the portress, and the nurse instantly fled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She is too tall and robust. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He looked robust in body. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is difficult to decide as to the possible effect of long-standing complications; but the man had a robust constitution to begin with. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You look remarkably robust. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a lack of robust self, she had no natural sufficiency, there was a terrible void, a lack, a deficiency of being within her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I lived in a house full of robust life; I might have had companions, and I chose solitude. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yet the fact remains that the reader, who was a fine, robust old man, was knocked clean down by it as if it had been the butt end of a pistol. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I took him to be nearer sixty than fifty, but he was upright, hearty, and robust. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Tracy