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Noun: umph  ûmf or úmf
Usage: informal
  1. The activeness of an energetic personality
    "Her performance had real umph";
    - dynamism, pizzazz [informal], oomph [informal], zing [informal], pzazz [informal], pizazz [informal]
     
  2. Attractiveness to the opposite sex
    "The actor's umph contributed to his popularity";
    - sex appeal, desirability, desirableness, oomph [informal]
     
  3. Force, power
    "give it some umph";
    - oomph [informal], welly [Brit, informal], wellie [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: umphs

Type of: activeness, activity, attractiveness, force, forcefulness, strength