vibrant
- Full of energy, life, and excitement, or describing colors that are very bright and strong.
In a sentence
- The market was vibrant with music, colorful stalls, and the smell of fresh food.
- She painted the mural using vibrant shades of orange and purple that could be seen from across the street.
Usage note. 'Vibrant' is used both for visual brightness and for atmosphere or personality—specifying which you mean helps avoid ambiguity in descriptive writing.
Where it comes from
English vibrant · entered English 17th c.
From Latin 'vibrantem' (nominative 'vibrans'), the present participle of 'vibrare,' meaning 'to shake, move quickly back and forth, or quiver.' The word entered English in the 17th century, first in the sense of vibrating or trembling, before expanding in the 19th–20th centuries to describe lively people, communities, and vivid colors.