full-blooded

Of pure ancestry

Full-blooded means having ancestry entirely from one group, without mixture: a full-blooded Cherokee, a full-blooded Irishman.

The term extends to anything thoroughgoing or vigorous: a full-blooded commitment to reform, a full-blooded performance.

In this figurative sense, it suggests passion and intensity rather than half-measures.

passionate

ardent

Intensely enthusiastic or devoted

ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
fieryIntensely hot or passionate
vehementIntensely forceful in feeling

zealous · impassioned · wholehearted · enthusiastic · intense · committed · devoted · sincere · heartfelt · unrestrained

vigorous

hearty

Warm and substantial

robustStrong and durable
lustyVigorously healthy, often amorous
energeticHaving much vigor

vital · hale · strapping · hardy · strong · sturdy · red-blooded · virile · healthy · wholesome

authentic

genuine

Truly what it claims

realTruly existing, not fake
trueAccurate or loyal
bona fideAuthentic and sincere

legitimate · veritable · undiluted · unadulterated · complete · unqualified · unreserved · outright · absolute · total

purebred

pedigree

Record of descent

lineageDescent from progenitors
ancestryFamily line of descent
heritageInherited cultural legacy

stock · breed · genetics · strain · progeny · unmixed · unalloyed · registered · papered · studbook

Opposites

intensity of effort or enthusiasm

full-bloodedhalf-hearted

Lacking sincerity or zeal

halfhearted · lukewarm · tepid · unenthusiastic · feeble

genetic or ancestral purity

full-bloodedhalf-blood

Partial genetic relation

half-bred · mixed-blood · mixed · hybrid · crossbred

physical or constitutional vitality

full-bloodedanemic

Deficient in vigor

bloodless · weak · sickly · pallid · unhealthy

Family

bloodline, cold-blooded, hot-blooded, thoroughbred, blueblood, warm-blooded, pureblood, bloodlines, half-blood

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