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Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Evoking a strong or stimulating mental sensation

Of or full of expression

Ironical or atypical

Severe or intense, especially in a painful or unpleasant way

Providing inspiration

Making strict requirements

Encouraging or arousing enjoyment, interest or enthusiasm

Marked by strong and intense feelings or emotions

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Adjective

Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

heart-wrenching

emotionally moving

arousing affect

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

unfavourable^UK

over-sentimental

with mixed emotions

with a sting in the tail

not to be forgotten

never to be forgotten

unsportsmanlike

poverty-stricken

life-threatening

at each other's throats

full of hardship

raining cats and dogs

anti-democratic

unpleasant-tasting

ill-favoured^UK

strong-smelling

overextravagant

tough as old boots

unfit for human consumption

causing discomfort

knock-down-and-drag-out

hammer and tongs

full of confusion

full of ups and downs

full of conflict

full of upheavals

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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“This was a moving, poignant ceremony, which gave solace to the parents and families.”

Adjective

Evoking a strong or stimulating mental sensation

highly seasoned

industrial-strength

highly flavoured

highly-seasoned

strongly flavoured

tongue-in-cheek

uncomplimentary

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of vim and vigour

as merry as a grig

as lively as a grig

full of the joys of spring

in high spirits

alive and kicking

in good spirits

bright and breezy

full of get-up-and-go

full of vim and vigor

full of the joy of living

hale and hearty

feeling one's oats

full of joie de vivre

invigorating^US

without a care in the world

envigorating^UK

pleasure-seeking

as happy as a clam

as happy as a sandboy

on top of the world

quick on the draw

quick on the uptake

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Adjective

Of or full of expression

indicating emotion

indicating feeling

full of emotion

full of feeling

highly coloured

well delineated

leaving nothing to the imagination

representational

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Ironical or atypical

Adjective

Severe or intense, especially in a painful or unpleasant way

life-threatening

industrial-strength

bred-in-the-bone

extremely painful

all-encompassing

greatest possible

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Adjective

Providing inspiration

envigorating^UK

invigorating^US

emotion-charged

thought-provoking

revitalizing^US

revitalising^UK

giving one food for thought

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Adjective

Making strict requirements

dyed-in-the-wool

unaccommodating

incontrovertible

with a heart of stone

lacking compassion

not giving an inch

bound and determined

like death and taxes

closely controlled

strictly controlled

rigidly enforced

uncommunicative

tough nut to crack

desensitized^US

take-no-prisoners

self-abnegating

self-disciplined

desensitised^UK

self-opinionated

standing one's ground

set in your ways

set in one's ways

high-maintenance

hard to satisfy

over-censorious

over-particular

bred-in-the-bone

winner-take-all

ultra-conservative

sticking to one's guns

hold one's ground

stick-in-the-mud

through and through

well established

firmly established

long-established

well-established

through-and-through

lacking sentiment

as tough as old boots

toughened by experience

as hard as nails

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Adjective

Encouraging or arousing enjoyment, interest or enthusiasm

thought-provoking

attention-grabbing

very interesting

monopolizing^US

monopolising^UK

giving one food for thought

envigorating^UK

out of the ordinary

invigorating^US

out of this world

revitalizing^US

emotion-charged

revitalising^UK

adrenaline-charged

edge-of-the-seat

adrenaline-fueled

battery operated

like a dream come true

sensationalistic

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Adjective

Marked by strong and intense feelings or emotions

keen as mustard

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

as keen as mustard

chomping at the bit

champing at the bit

dyed-in-the-wool

ready and willing

full of vim and vigour

pulling no punches

over-enthusiastic

overenthusiastic

tried and tested

coming on strong

bright and breezy

alive and kicking

full of get-up-and-go

untrammelled^UK

through and through

jumping up and down

true to the end

bred-in-the-bone

extremely enthusiastic

favourably inclined

waiting with bated breath

foaming at the mouth

goody two-shoes

beside yourself

driven to distraction

out of one's wits

aspiring towards

full of the joys of spring

feeling one's oats

in high spirits

as merry as a grig

indicating emotion

indicating feeling

very enthusiastic

expressing adoration

full of feeling

full of emotion

under the influence

with a … habit

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