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vehement en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈviː.hə.mənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈvɪə̯.mənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehemēns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from vē- (“lacking, too little”) + mēns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).

Meanings

1. Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
   • The man made a vehement display of contempt.
   • Yet the Fiends ſeemed to come nearer and nearer, but when they were come even almoſt at him, he cried out with a moſt vehement voice, I will walk in the ſtrength of the Lord God; ſo they gave back, and came no further. 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which is to Come: Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream wherein is Discovered, the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey; and Safe Arrival at the Desired Countrey, London: Printed for Nath[aniel] Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultrey near Cornhill, →OCLC, page 79:
   • “He’s a 70-year-old childless warmonger and he has no stake in the future of this country,” Dans said. “He is the very reason that MAGA started in the first place, and we only have to look at 2016 when he was a vehement Trump hater. A leopard doesn’t change its spots.” 2025 July 28, Steve Contorno, quoting Paul Dans, “Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to challenge Lindsey Graham for Senate in South Carolina”, in CNN:
   • Amy shook her head, vehement. "The vine didn't kill them. The Mayans did. They tried to flee and the Mayans shot them. The vine just claimed their bodies once they'd been shot. There's no thought involved in that. No—" 2006, Scott [Bechtel] Smith, The Ruins: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 236:

Forms

Deriveds

overvehement · vehementness · unvehement

Relateds

vehemently · vehemence

Synonyms

full-throated · swith

Translations (44)

pt veemente (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · cmn 激越 (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ca vehement (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · tr hararetli (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · la igneus (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · nl fel (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · da kraftig (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · fr véhément (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · grc σφοδρός (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ru неи́стовый (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · bg страстен (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ja 激烈 (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · hy բուռն (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · cmn 激切 (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · de heftig (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · fi kiivas (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · gl vehemente (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ckb خوێن گەرم (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ja 猛烈 (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · hy կատաղի (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · nl hartstochtelijk (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ka მძლავრი (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · es vehemente (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · la vehemēns (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · sga cathach (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · la flagrāns (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · de vehement (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · bg бурен (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ka მხურვალე (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · hu vehemens (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · cmn 激烈 (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · fi raju (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · is ákafur (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ja 激しい (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · tr şiddetli (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · sv häftig (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · da heftig (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ka ინტენსიური (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ka ცხოველი (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · tr ateşli (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · nl heftig (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · ru рья́ный (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · fi kiihkeä (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense) · el σφοδρός (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense)