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vehement


adjective

  1. zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm.
  2. characterized by rancor or anger; violent: vehement hostility.
  3. strongly emotional; intense or passionate: vehement desire.
  4. marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous: vehement clapping.

adjective

  1. marked by intensity of feeling or conviction; emphatic
  2. (of actions, gestures, etc) characterized by great energy, vigour, or force; furious
adj.

late 15c., from Middle French vehement “impetuous, ardent,” from Latin vehementem (nominative vehemens) “impetuous, carried away,” perhaps from a lost present middle participle of vehere “to carry” (see vehicle). The other theory is that it represents vehe- “lacking, wanting” + mens “mind.” Related: Vehemently.

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