PERKINESS Synonyms

• the condition of living or the state of being alive

• the property of being able to survive and grow

• quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

• the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

• the making of animated cartoons

• general activity and motion

• the quality of a substance that is able to rebound

• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

• rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

• spring back; spring away from an impact

• hit something so that it bounces

• move up and down repeatedly

• come back after being refused

• leap suddenly

• refuse to accept and send back

• eject from the premises

• quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

• the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

• a feeling of spontaneous good spirits

• a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

• prompt willingness

• the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

• (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

• forceful exertion

• enterprising or ambitious drive

• an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

• any source of usable power

• a feeling of excitement

• overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

• a lively interest

• joyful enthusiasm

• overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

• exuberant liveliness

• stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance

• a breezy liveliness

• general activity and motion

• animation and energy in action or expression

• liveliness and energy

• the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

• the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge

• a momentary flash of light

• Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger

• a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction

• put in motion or move to act

• emit or produce sparks

• animation and energy in action or expression

• an energetic style

• an energetic style

• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

• (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

• the property of being able to survive and grow

• characterized by high spirits and animation

• vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

• a tart spicy quality

• add herbs or spices to