red-bloodedness
Hearty masculine energy
Red-bloodedness is vigor, passion, and robust vitality—the quality of being full of life and unafraid of strong feeling.
The term draws on the association of blood with life force and courage.
A novel praised for its red-bloodedness has raw energy rather than pallid refinement.
The word often carries masculine connotations, suggesting hearty appetites and physical courage.
Capacity for spirited existence
- energyPower to do work
- robustnessResistance to failure
- strengthPower to exert force
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
virility · hardiness · dynamism · liveliness · animation · verve · vim · pep
vitality
Capacity for spirited existence
- energyPower to do work
- robustnessResistance to failure
- strengthPower to exert force
stamina · virility · hardiness · dynamism · liveliness · animation · verve · vim · pep · zest
intensity
Strength or force level
enthusiasm · ardor · fire · heat · lust · yearning · romance · devotion · longing · infatuation
bravery
Boldness before danger
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- daringAdventurous courage
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
valor · guts · pluck · mettle · nerve · fortitude · gallantry · audacity · intrepidity · moxie
red-bloodednessweakness
Deficiency in force
frailty · feebleness · anemia · enervation · debility
red-bloodednesstimidity
Fearful lack of courage
meekness · cowardice · pusillanimity · spinelessness · timorousness
red-bloodednessprudishness
Excessive moral strictness
priggishness · squeamishness · inhibition · repression · frigidity
blood, blooded, bloody, bloodied, bloodiness, bloodless, redness, redden, reddish