fervent, impassioned; intense, strong
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Vehement Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion.
Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion.
(a.)
Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutActing with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.
vehement
\ve"he*ment\ (?), a. [l. vehemens, the first part of which is perhaps akin to vehere to carry, and the second mens mind: cf. f. véhément. cf. vehicle, and mental.]
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." "vehement desire."
Very eager or urgent.
Angerddol = a. vehement; intense
Ffrwys = a. vehement, violent
Graid = n. sun heat; ardency = a. ardent, vehement
Gwrdd = a. stout; ardent, vehement
Tanbaid = a. violent, vehement
Tern = a. ardent, vehement
Ysgol = n. a school, n. a peak; a ladder, a. vehement, active
1.Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; fervid
2.Characterized by great force or energy
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.(CICERO)
They [Young People] have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things -- and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning -- all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything -- they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else.(ARISTOTLE)
We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.(ERIC HOFFER)
If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.(J.K.LAVATER)
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.(EDMUND BURKE)
2.Characterized by great force or energy
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.(CICERO)
They [Young People] have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things -- and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning -- all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything -- they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else.(ARISTOTLE)
We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.(ERIC HOFFER)
If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.(J.K.LAVATER)
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.(EDMUND BURKE)
Adjective
1. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"
(synonym) fierce, tearing, violent, trigger-happy
(similar) intense
2. characterized by great force or energy; "vehement deluges of rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense"
(similar) strong
Vehement Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Vehement may refer to the following
- The pronunciation of VHEMT, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
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