vehement

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ve=he=ment

CIDE DICTIONARY

vehement, a. [L. vehemens, the first part of which is perhaps akin to vehere to carry, and the second mens mind: cf. F. véhément. Cf. Vehicle, and Mental.].

•  Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, a vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.  [1913 Webster]
•  Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Furious; violent; raging; impetuous; passionate; ardent; eager; hot; fervid; burning.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vehement, adj. showing or caused by strong feeling; forceful, ardent (a vehement protest; vehement desire).

Derivative

vehemence n. vehemently adv.

Etymology

ME f. F v{eacute}h{eacute}ment or L vehemens -entis, perh. f. vemens (unrecorded) deprived of mind, assoc. with vehere carry

THESAURUS

vehement

abandoned, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afire, ardent, assiduous, astringent, biting, bitter, burning, caustic, committed, concentrated, cutting, dedicated, delirious, desperate, devoted, devout, diligent, double-edged, drastic, earnest, edged, emphatic, energetic, enthusiastic, escharotic, excessive, exciting, exorbitant, exquisite, extravagant, extreme, faithful, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, forceful, frantic, furious, glowing, great, hard, hardworking, harsh, hearty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hotheaded, immoderate, impassioned, impetuous, in earnest, incisive, indefatigable, industrious, intemperate, intense, intent, intent on, keen, laborious, lively, loyal, mordacious, mordant, never idle, on fire, outrageous, passionate, penetrating, perfervid, piercing, poignant, potent, powerful, pronounced, provoking, rabid, red-hot, relentless, resolute, rigorous, rough, scathing, sedulous, serious, severe, sharp, simmering, sincere, sleepless, spirited, splitting, stabbing, stimulating, stinging, stirring, stormy, strenuous, strident, stringent, tart, tempestuous, terrible, tireless, trenchant, unconscionable, unflagging, unremitting, unsleeping, unsparing, unwearied, urgent, venomous, vicious, violent, virulent, vitriolic, volcanic, warm, white-hot, wild, zealous

ROGET THESAURUS

vehement

Vigor

N vigor, power, force, boldness, raciness, intellectual, force, spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy, verve, glow, fire, warmth, strong language, gravity, sententiousness, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, eloquence, command of words, command of language, vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive, sensational, spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold, slashing, pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical, sententious, lofty, elevated, sublime, eloquent, vehement, petulant, impassioned, poetic, in glowing terms, in good set terms, in no measured terms, thoughts that breath and words that burn.

Excitability

N excitability, impetuosity, vehemence, boisterousness, turbulence, impatience, intolerance, nonendurance, irritability, itching, wincing, disquiet, disquietude, restlessness, fidgets, fidgetiness, agitation, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry, fluster, flutter, pother, stew, ferment, whirl, buck fever, hurry-skurry, thrill, state of excitement, fever of excitement, transport, passion, excitement, flush, heat, fever, heat, fire, flame, fume, blood boiling, tumult, effervescence, ebullition, boiling over, whiff, gust, story, tempest, scene, breaking out, burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion, outbreak, outburst, agony, violence, fierceness, rage, fury, furor, furore, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium, phrensy, frenzy, hysterics, intoxication, tearing passion, raging passion, anger, fascination, infatuation, fanaticism, Quixotism, Quixotry, tete montee, excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state, high-strung, irritable, impatient, intolerant, feverish, febrile, hysterical, delirious, mad, moody, maggoty- headed, unquiet, mercurial, electric, galvanic, hasty, hurried, restless, fidgety, fussy, chafing, startlish, mettlesome, high-mettled, skittish, vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap, overzealous, enthusiastic, impassioned, fanatical, rabid, rampant, clamorous, uproarious, turbulent, tempestuous, tumultuary, boisterous, impulsive, impetuous, passionate, uncontrolled, uncontrollable, ungovernable, irrepressible, stanchless, inextinguishable, burning, simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile, excited, exciting, Int, pish!, pshaw!, noli me tangere, filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd, maggiore fretta minore atto.

Violence

N violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity, boisterousness, effervescence, ebullition, turbulence, bluster, uproar, callithump, riot, row, rumpus, le diable a quatre, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire, severity, ferocity, rage, fury, exacerbation, exasperation, malignity, fit, paroxysm, orgasm, climax, aphrodisia, force, brute force, outrage, coup de main, strain, shock, shog, spasm, convulsion, throe, hysterics, passion, outbreak, outburst, debacle, burst, bounce, dissilience, discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion, torrent, turmoil, ferment, storm, tempest, rough weather, squall, earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm, berserk, berserker, fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame, Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto, madcap, wild beast, fire eater, violent, vehement, warm, acute, sharp, rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild, brusque, abrupt, waspish, impetuous, rampant, turbulent, disorderly, blustering, raging, troublous, riotous, tumultuary, tumultuous, obstreperous, uproarious, extravagant, unmitigated, ravening, inextinguishable, tameless, frenzied, desperate, infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic, hysteric, in hysterics, fiery, flaming, scorching, hot, red-hot, ebullient, savage, fierce, ferocious, fierce as a tiger, excited, unquelled, unquenched, unextinguished, unrepressed, unbridled, unruly, headstrong, ungovernable, unappeasable, immitigable, unmitigable, uncontrollable, incontrollable, insuppressible, irrepressible, orgastic, orgasmatic, orgasmic, spasmodic, convulsive, explosive, detonating, volcanic, meteoric, stormy, violently, amain, by storm, by force, by main force, with might and main, tooth and nail, vi et armis, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet, at one fell swoop, with a high hand, through thick and thin, in desperation, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, headlong, head foremost, furor arma ministrat, blown with restless violence round about the pende.