Definition of Robust

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Robust

Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

Violent; rough; rude.

Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.

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Robust Quotations

He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.
Emily Dickinson

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.
George Eliot

Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.
Kofi Annan

If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
Xun Zi

Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where we think al-Qaida is operating and Taliban remnants are.
John Abizaid

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.
Alan Rickman

The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.
Claude Bernard

I have long been interested in landscape history, and when younger and more robust I used to do much tramping of the English landscape in search of ancient field systems, drove roads, indications of prehistoric settlement.
Penelope Lively

Recent economic data shows that our economy is robust, growing and headed in the right direction. The numbers don't lie. Americans are currently enjoying falling gas prices, low unemployment, increased job creation, and a stock market that has reached an all-time high.
J. D. Hayworth

Our economy is robust and will remain strong as more Americans who want a job find one. Republican economic policies based on tax relief are working for the American people.
Dennis Hastert

Robust Translations

robust in Afrikaans is stewig, ferm
robust in Danish is fast
robust in Dutch is robuust, hecht, potig, fors, ferm
robust in French is robuste
robust in Latin is validus, fortis

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