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vehement
[ vee-uh-muhnt ]
adjective
a vehement defense;
vehement enthusiasm.
Synonyms: burning, fervid, fervent, earnest, fiery
Antonyms: dispassionate
- characterized by rancor or anger; violent:
vehement hostility.
Antonyms: dispassionate
- strongly emotional; intense or passionate:
vehement desire.
- marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous:
vehement clapping.
vehement
/ ˈviːɪmənt /
adjective
- marked by intensity of feeling or conviction; emphatic
- (of actions, gestures, etc) characterized by great energy, vigour, or force; furious
Derived Forms
- ˈvehemence, noun
- ˈvehemently, adverb
Other Words From
- ve·he·ment·ly adverb
- non·ve·he·ment adjective
- o·ver·ve·he·ment adjective
- un·ve·he·ment adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of vehement1
Word History and Origins
Origin of vehement1
Example Sentences
My vehement dislike for the accoutrement stems back to 1982 when I was asked to wear pink roses in my hair to a family wedding.
The ire Friedberg and Seltzer have drawn from crowds is both boisterous and vehement–Airplane!
“I was pretty vehement in my opposition to the war,” says Forsyth.
Our vehement prejudices leave us no patience for his appeal to radical humanism.
I thought the reactions would be much more vehement, but the reaction is pretty mixed about her.
Bahadur Shah held out against the vehement urging of his daughter aided now by the counsel of her brothers.
His largesses were abundant, and the uproar of vehement thanksgiving, was ever on the watch from the venal multitude.
The intense yearning in his heart threatened any minute to burst forth in vehement speech, almost in action.
Still the vehement voices of the brown fellahîn at work by the shadûf rose unwearied along the Nile.
On him, it is said, the King turned with vehement indignation, charging him even with treason and double-dealing.
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