Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy(adj)

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

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

2. vehement(adj)

   characterized by great force or energy

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. vehement(Adjective)

   Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.

Origin: From vehemens.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Vehement(adj)

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

2. Vehement(adj)

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. 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)

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. John Burroughs, Birds and Poets, 1887:

   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!

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