Vehement Definition

vēə-mənt
adjective
Acting or moving with great force; violent.
Webster's New World
Having or characterized by intense feeling or strong passion; fervent, impassioned, etc.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Vehement

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin vehemēns vehement- perhaps from vehere to carry wegh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin vehemÄ“ns (“impetuous, violent").

    From Wiktionary

Vehement Sentence Examples

  • He was a vehement opponent of the new law.

  • It is pleasing to turn from these vehement struggles of thought to a tour which Hegel in company with three other tutors made through the Bernese Oberland in July and August 1796.

  • He was a vehement opponent of Liberal Catholicism.

  • There was vehement opposition, and it grows daily.

  • He then joined Cavendish, Birch, Hampden, Powell, Lyttleton and others in vehement antagonism to the court.

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Words Starting With

VVEVEH

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TNTENT

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