Brawny vs. Strong
Brawnyadjective
Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
Brawnyadjective
Calloused; hardened.
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Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong.
Brawnyadjective
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful;
Strongadjective
Capable of producing great physical force.
Strongadjective
Capable of withstanding great physical force.
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(of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
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Determined; unyielding.
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Highly stimulating to the senses.
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Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
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Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
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(specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
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(grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
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(chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
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(military) Not easily subdued or taken.
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Impressive, good.
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Having a specified number of people or units.
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(of a disease or symptom) severe very bad or intense
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Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
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(of an argument) Convincing.
Strongadverb
In a strong manner.
Strongadjective
Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
Strongadjective
Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.
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Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.
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Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
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Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
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Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
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Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.
Strongadjective
Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.
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Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
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Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
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Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
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Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
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Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.
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Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
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Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
Strongadjective
Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.
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Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
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Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.
Strongadjective
Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak.
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having strength or power greater than average or expected;
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used of syllables or musical beats
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not faint or feeble;
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having or wielding force or authority;
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having a strong physiological or chemical effect;
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able to withstand attack;
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of good quality and condition; solidly built;
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of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection;
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having a high alcoholic content;
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freshly made or left;
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strong and sure;
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having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks
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able to perform a specified action well and powerfully
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exerting great force
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powerful and difficult to resist or defeat
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(of an argument or case) likely to succeed because of sound reasoning or convincing evidence
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powerfully affecting the mind, senses, or emotions
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(of language or actions) forceful and extreme, especially excessively or unacceptably so
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able to withstand force, pressure, or wear
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not easily affected by disease or hardship
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not easily disturbed, upset, or affected
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firmly held or established
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(of a market) having steadily high or rising prices.
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very intense
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(of something seen or heard) not soft or muted; clear or prominent
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(of food or its flavour) distinctive and pungent
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(of a solution or drink) containing a large proportion of a particular substance; concentrated
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(of an acid or base) fully ionized into cations and anions in solution; having (respectively) a very low or a very high pH.
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used after a number to indicate the size of a group
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denoting a class of verbs in Germanic languages that form the past tense and past participle by a change of vowel within the stem rather than by addition of a suffix (e.g. swim, swam, swum).
Strongadjective
relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles, which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10⁻¹³ cm (so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge), and which conserves strangeness, parity, and isospin.
