Antonyms for verve

Grammar : Noun

Spell : vurv

Phonetic Transcription : vɜrv

Definition of verve

Origin : 1690s, "special talent in writing," from French verve "enthusiasm" (especially pertaining to the arts), in Old French "caprice, odd humor, proverb" (12c.), probably from Gallo-Romance *verva, from Latin verba "(whimsical) words," plural of verbum "word" (see verb). Meaning "mental vigor" is first recorded 1803.

noun energy, enthusiasm

Example sentences :

The vigour and verve of these marching musicians is very surprising.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

His execution (p. 063) had a verve whose charm was irresistible.
Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.

He felt anew what he had felt and seen, and he could not give any verve to the peroration of his sermon.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

She is just about your size and dances with the verve of youth, which I admire extremely.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

There was a verve, a magnetic quality to her, that he hardly remembered before.
Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter

But they lack the life, the verve of the old dances, the old tunes.
Extract from : « Dishes & Beverages of the Old South » by Martha McCulloch Williams

The toast was drunk with indescribable enthusiasm and verve.
Extract from : « The Socialist » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Her brightness, and verve, and savoir faire will be a perfect revelation.
Extract from : « The Gateless Barrier » by Lucas Malet

There is a verve, a gayety about them that other songs lack.
Extract from : « Airy Fairy Lilian » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

But his French has a verve that no literal translation will give.
Extract from : « Golden Lads » by Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason

Synonyms for verve

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