Vehemence

//ˈviːəmən(t)s// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An intense concentration, force or power. uncountable, usually

    "The bear attacked with vengeance and vehemence."

  2. 2
    intensity or forcefulness of expression wordnet
  3. 3
    A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury. uncountable, usually

    "His response was bursting with hatred and vehemence."

  4. 4
    the property of being wild or turbulent wordnet
  5. 5
    Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling. uncountable, usually

    "I could not wonder at the vehemence of her care, her very soul was tenderness […]"

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abandonacerbityacidityacridityacrimonyacuteness

Example

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"She was silent, and he went on with increasing vehemence: “I am still that Edgar Ravenswood who, for your affection, renounced the dear ties by which injured honour bound him to seek vengeance. I am that Ravenswood who, for your sake, forgave, nay, clasped hands in friendship with, the oppressor and pillager of his house, the traducer and murderer of his father.”"

Etymology

From Middle English vehemens, vemance, from Old French vëemence, vehemence, from Latin vehementia (“eagerness, strength”), from vehemens (“eager”).

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