robust

[Ro*bust·]

Use robust to describe a person or thing that is healthy and strong, or strongly built. This adjective also commonly describes food or drink: a robust wine has a rich, strong flavor.

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Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

Adjective S.
rough and crude; "a robust tale"

Adjective
physically strong

Adjective S.
strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge; "the experiment yielded robust results"; "a robust faith"

Adjective S.
marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"


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.


Robust

Ro*bust" , a. [L. robustus oaken, hard, strong, fr. robur strength, a very hard kind of oak; cf. Skr. rabhas violence: cf. F. robuste.] 1. Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health. 2. Violent; rough; rude.
While romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust.
3. Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment. Locke. Syn. -- Strong; lusty; sinewy; sturdy; muscular; hale; hearty; vigorous; forceful; sound. -- Robust, Strong. Robust means, literally, made of oak, and hence implies great compactness and toughness of muscle, connected with a thick-set frame and great powers of endurance. Strong denotes the power of exerting great physical force. The robust man can bear heat or cold, excess or privation, and toil on through every kind of hardship; the strong man can lift a great weight, can give a heavy blow, and a hard gripe. "Robust, tough sinews bred to toil." Cowper.
Then 'gan the villain wax so fierce and strong, That nothing may sustain his furious force.

Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

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Usage Examples

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.

I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press, but when things go wrong and there has been outright illegality, there should be proper accountability.

By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.

In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or academic achievement.

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Other Usage Examples

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Each year has been so robust with problems and successes and learning experiences and human experienes that a year is a lifetime at Apple. So this has been ten lifetimes.

I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.

I have quite a robust relationship with regret. You simply don't know what the alternative would have been.

Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.

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