Definitions

bushy-tailed

[boosh-ee-teyld] / ˈbʊʃ iˌteɪld /

ADJECTIVE

fresh

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bright clear good lively vigorous

WEAK

active alert blooming bouncing bright-eyed chipper dewy fair florid glowing hardy invigorated keen like new refreshed rehabilitated relaxed relieved rested restored revived rosy ruddy sprightly spry stimulated undimmed unfaded unused unwearied unwithered verdant vital wholesome young

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lethargic

WEAK

exhausted lifeless tired unenergetic worn

ADJECTIVE

healthy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active athletic fresh healthful hearty lively normal robust strong tough vigorous

WEAK

able-bodied all right blooming bright-eyed chipper firm fit flourishing full of life hale hardy husky in fine feather in fine fettle in good shape in the pink lusty muscular physically fit potent restored rosy-cheeked safe and sound sound stout sturdy trim unimpaired virile well whole

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic delicate feeble gentle idle inactive infirm kind lazy lethargic lifeless soft unhealthy weak

WEAK

delicated diseased fragile ill indisposed poor sick sickly worn

ADJECTIVE

peaches-and-cream

Synonyms

WEAK

active alert blooming bouncing bright bright-eyed chipper clear creamy dewy fair florid glowing good hardy invigorated keen like new lively refreshed rehabilitated relaxed relieved rested restored revived rosy ruddy sprightly spry stimulated undimmed unfaded unused unwearied unwithered verdant vigorous vital wholesome young

ADJECTIVE

well

Synonyms

STRONGEST

strong together

STRONG

blooming fine fit flourishing great hale hardy husky right sound trim whole

WEAK

able-bodied alive and kicking bright-eyed chipper fresh hearty in good health in the pink right as rain robust sane solid as a rock strong as an ox up to par vigorous wholesome wrapped tight

Antonyms

STRONG

inappropriate incomplete infirm little poor rough sick small unfit unhealthy unsuitable unsuited weak

WEAK

diseased ill unfortunate unhappy unlucky

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Now the tiny, bushy-tailed terrorists and the havoc they bring to my backyard consume my every waking moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2024

While some of us may be going into 2024 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, Trump’s legal team seems to have spent the first week of the new year hunkered down with court filings.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2024

But just moments before he faded away, a bushy-tailed Swift Fox no bigger than a house cat swiped him up and gobbled him.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2023

While the Tetris player competes only with herself, Henk — played by Egerton with bushy-tailed zeal — must battle multiple, more powerful adversaries.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Charades at least might go over well, as long as the tableaux did not involve any reference to small, bushy-tailed animals that stored nuts in their cheeks.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

bushy-tailed

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