vehemence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English vehemens, vemance, from Old French vëemence, vehemence, from Latin vehementia (“eagerness, strength”), from vehemens (“eager”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) An intense concentration, force or power.
The bear attacked with vengeance and vehemence.
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(uncountable, usually) A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.
This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.
2016 February 6, Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace, “The National”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):His response was bursting with hatred and vehemence.
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(uncountable, usually) Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
I could not wonder at the vehemence of her care, her very soul was tenderness […]
1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vehemences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (37)
ka მძვინვარება (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · sh strast (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · cmn 熱烈 /热烈 (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · sh vehementnost (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · sa त्विष् (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · de Vehemenz (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · es vehemencia (An intense concentration, force or power) · ro vehemență (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · pt veemência (An intense concentration, force or power) · es hervor (An intense concentration, force or power) · sh žar (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · fi kiihkeys (An intense concentration, force or power) · bg я́рост (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · bg стремителност (An intense concentration, force or power) · sh vehementnost (An intense concentration, force or power) · ru я́рость (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · tr şiddet (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · it veemenza (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · it veemenza (An intense concentration, force or power) · ro vehemență (An intense concentration, force or power) · bg страст (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · sh bijes (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · it veemenza (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · de Vehemenz (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · de Heftigkeit (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · de Heftigkeit (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · sh vehementnost (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · ru неи́стовство (An intense concentration, force or power) · sh žestina (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · ota شدت (A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury) · sh vehemencija (An intense concentration, force or power) · sh žestina (An intense concentration, force or power) · ka აღტაცება (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · fi rajuus (An intense concentration, force or power) · de Vehemenz (An intense concentration, force or power) · ka მგზნებარება (Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling) · de Heftigkeit (An intense concentration, force or power)