Word Meanings - VEHEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

akin to vehere to carry, and the second mens mind: cf. F. véhément. 1. Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat. 2. Very ardent; very eager or urgent;

Additional info about word: VEHEMENT

akin to vehere to carry, and the second mens mind: cf. F. véhément. 1. Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat. 2. Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion. "Vehement instigation." Shak. "Vehement desire." Milton. Syn. -- Furious; violent; raging; impetuous; passionate; ardent; eager; hot; fervid; burning.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VEHEMENT)

• Ardent
• Longing
• passionate
• aspiring
• eager
• fervent
• excited
• fiery
• glowing
• zealous
• fervid
• fierce
• keen
• vehement
• hot
• affectionate
• impassioned
• burning
• heated
• Fiery
• Hot
• ardent
• irascible
• choleric
• enkindled
• irritable
• hotbrained
• Impassioned
• Excited
• impetuous
• spirited
• Raging
• Vehement
• violent
• infuriate
• furious
• Rampant
• Unbridled
• uncontrolled
• wanton
• headstrong
• luxuriant
• rank
• licentious

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• SPIRITUOUS
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• RAGE
  1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. "In great rage of pain." Bacon. He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay. Convulsed with a rage of grief.
• WANTON
  wanting , hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, 1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness."
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• ARDENT
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• BURN
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  In a vehement manner.
• EXCITABLE
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• HEATHENISHNESS
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• PUBLIC-SPIRITED
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