Violent

//ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt//

Synonyms for "violent" (255 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Adjective(1 words)
crimson

Strong matches (77)

Adjective(1 words)
fierce
Adjective(1 words)
grim

Related words (127)

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6 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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31 entries

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Translations

146 translations across 47 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • βίαιος adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • βίαιος adj (involving physical conflict)
  • σφοδρός adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Arabic

2 entries
  • عَنِيف adj (involving physical conflict)
  • عَنِيف adj (likely to use physical force)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բուռն adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • буен adj (intensely vivid)
  • бурен adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • насилствен adj (involving physical conflict)
  • страстен adj (intensely vivid)

Catalan

3 entries
  • violent adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • violent adj (involving physical conflict)
  • violent adj (likely to use physical force)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 強烈 /强烈 adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • 暴力 adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Czech

4 entries
  • násilný adj (involving physical conflict)
  • násilný adj (likely to use physical force)
  • prudký adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • výrazný adj (intensely vivid)

Danish

4 entries
  • heftig adj (intensely vivid)
  • kraftig adj (intensely vivid)
  • voldelig adj (involving physical conflict)
  • voldelig adj (likely to use physical force)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gewelddadig adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • gewelddadig adj (involving physical conflict)
  • gewelddadig adj (likely to use physical force)
  • geweldig adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • perforta adj (involving physical conflict)

Finnish

4 entries
  • intensiivinen adj (intensely vivid)
  • raju adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • raju adj (intensely vivid)
  • väkivaltainen adj (involving physical conflict)

French

4 entries
  • vif adj (intensely vivid)
  • violent adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • violent adj (involving physical conflict)
  • violent adj (likely to use physical force)

Galician

3 entries
  • violento adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • violento adj (involving physical conflict)
  • violento adj (likely to use physical force)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გააფთრებული adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • მძვინვარე adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • მძვინვარე adj (likely to use physical force)
  • სასტიკი adj (likely to use physical force)

German

4 entries
  • brutal adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • gewaltbereit adj (likely to use physical force)
  • gewaltig adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • gewalttätig adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Greek

4 entries
  • έντονος adj (intensely vivid)
  • βίαιος adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • βίαιος adj (involving physical conflict)
  • βίαιος adj (likely to use physical force)

Hawaiian

3 entries
  • ehuehu adj (involving physical conflict)
  • uluulu adj (involving physical conflict)
  • weliweli adj (involving physical conflict)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אלים adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • אלים adj (involving physical conflict)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • erőszakos adj (involving physical conflict)
  • erőszakos adj (likely to use physical force)
  • heves adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • rikító adj (intensely vivid)

Irish

4 entries
  • borb adj (likely to use physical force)
  • foréigneach adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • foréigneach adj (involving physical conflict)
  • foréigneach adj (likely to use physical force)

Italian

1 entries
  • violento adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 暴力的 adj (involving physical conflict)
  • 暴力的 adj (likely to use physical force)
  • 激しい adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • 激しい adj (intensely vivid)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • agresive adj (intensely vivid)
  • agresivu adj (intensely vivid)

Latin

2 entries
  • violentus adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • violentus adj (involving physical conflict)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • wa peu adj (likely to use physical force)

Middle English

3 entries
  • violent adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • violent adj (involving physical conflict)
  • violent adj (likely to use physical force)

Māori

4 entries
  • kaikoka adj (involving physical conflict)
  • kaikoka adj (likely to use physical force)
  • kuruki adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • pūkeri adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • voldelig adj (involving physical conflict)

Occitan

2 entries
  • violent adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • violent adj (involving physical conflict)

Old English

3 entries
  • hetelīċ adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • stræc adj (involving physical conflict)
  • stræc adj (likely to use physical force)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • خشین adj (involving physical conflict)
  • خشین adj (likely to use physical force)

Polish

4 entries
  • agresywny adj (likely to use physical force)
  • brutalny adj (involving physical conflict)
  • gwałtowny adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • jaskrawy adj (intensely vivid)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • violento adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • violento adj (involving physical conflict)
  • violento adj (likely to use physical force)
  • violento adj (intensely vivid)

Quechua

1 entries
  • saqra adj (likely to use physical force)

Romanian

2 entries
  • violent adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • violent adj (involving physical conflict)

Russian

3 entries
  • жесто́кий adj (likely to use physical force)
  • наси́льственный adj (involving physical conflict)
  • неи́стовый adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ainneartach adj (involving physical conflict)
  • ainneartach adj (likely to use physical force)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • násilan adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • násilan adj (involving physical conflict)
  • násilan adj (likely to use physical force)
  • žèstok adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • violentu adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Slovene

3 entries
  • nasilen adj (involving physical conflict)
  • nasilen adj (likely to use physical force)
  • silen adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Spanish

3 entries
  • violento adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • violento adj (involving physical conflict)
  • violento adj (likely to use physical force)

Swedish

3 entries
  • våldsam adj (involving extreme force or motion)
  • våldsam adj (involving physical conflict)
  • våldsam adj (likely to use physical force)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • räskare adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Turkish

1 entries
  • şiddetli adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • наси́льний adj (involving physical conflict)
  • наси́льницький adj (involving physical conflict)

Welsh

1 entries
  • treisgar adj (likely to use physical force)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • העפֿטיק adj (involving extreme force or motion)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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There was a violent storm at sea.

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We are facing a violent crisis.

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Finally, in 1314, these games had become so violent and dangerous that King Edward II made a law.

Source: tatoeba (39912)

Eventually, he was sentenced to five years in prison for the violent crime.

Source: tatoeba (39915)

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