Definitions for vehement
ˈvi ə məntve·he·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happyadjective

   marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

   "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

2. vehementadjective

   characterized by great force or energy

   "vehement deluges of rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. vehementadjective

   Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.

2. Etymology: From vehemens.

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1. vehement

   Vehement refers to expressing strong feelings, emotions, or showing intense passion or forcefulness about something. It can describe opinions, behavior, speech, or actions that are delivered with energy, enthusiasm, and often deep conviction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vehementadjective

   acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat

2. Vehementadjective

   very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Vehement

   vē′he-ment, adj. passionate: furious: very eager or urgent.—ns. Vē′hemence, Vē′hemency, the quality of being vehement: violence: great ardour or fervour.—adv. Vē′hemently. [O. Fr.,—L. vehemens, from ve, out of, mens, mind; acc. to Vanicek, from vehĕre, to carry.]

How to pronounce vehement?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say vehement in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vehement in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vehement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of vehement in a Sentence

1. Will Reinert:

   After years of vehement denial, Governor Lujan Grisham's now revealed sexual harassment settlement certainly raises questions of why Michelle Lujan Grisham tried to discredit Michelle Lujan Grisham alleged victim, where there is smoke there is usually fire, and Michelle Lujan Grisham just wrote a check for $ 62,500 worth of kindling.

2. Edmund Burke:

   In doing good, we are generally cold, and languid, and sluggish; and of all things afraid of being too much in the right. But the works of malice and injustice are quite in another style. They are finished with a bold, masterly hand; touched as they are with the spirit of those vehement passions that call forth all our energies, whenever we oppress and persecute.

3. John Burroughs:

   The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds -- how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives -- and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song

4. Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2:

   Even the mind of the wise man who labours for perfection is carried away by the vehement insistence of the senses, O son of Kunti. (2:60)

5. Adolf Hitler:

   This means that a people cannot be made “national” according to the signification attached to that word by our bourgeois class today - that is to say, nationalism with many reservations- but national in the vehement and extreme sense.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=vehement
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vehement
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vehement
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=vehement