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We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.
Eric Hoffer

Meaning of "vehement" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VEHEMENT

From Latin vehemēns ardent; related to vehere to carry.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VEHEMENT

vehement  [ˈviːɪmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VEHEMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vehement is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VEHEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vehement

Vehement may refer to: ▪ The pronunciation of VHEMT, the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement ▪ HMS Vehement, the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy...

Definition of vehement in the English dictionary

The definition of vehement in the dictionary is marked by intensity of feeling or conviction; emphatic. Other definition of vehement is characterized by great energy, vigour, or force; furious.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VEHEMENT


accompaniment
əˈkʌmpənɪmənt
aliment
ˈælɪmənt
complement
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
compliment
ˈkɒmplɪmənt
deployment
dɪˈplɔɪmənt
detriment
ˈdɛtrɪmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
embodiment
ɪmˈbɒdɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
enjoyment
ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt
experiment
ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt
implement
ˈɪmplɪmənt
increment
ˈɪnkrɪmənt
payment
ˈpeɪmənt
regiment
ˈrɛdʒɪmənt
repayment
rɪˈpeɪmənt
sediment
ˈsɛdɪmənt
sentiment
ˈsɛntɪmənt
supplement
ˈsʌplɪmənt
unemployment
ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VEHEMENT

vegete
vegetist
vegetive
veggie
veggieburger
veggies
vegie
vego
vehemence
vehemency
vehemently
vehicle
vehicle emissions
vehicular
vehm
vehmic
vehmique
Veii
veil
veil-like

WORDS THAT END LIKE VEHEMENT

abonnement
achievement
advertisement
agreement
amusement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
basement
enforcement
engagement
improvement
infringement
management
measurement
movement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
statement

Synonyms and antonyms of vehement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VEHEMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vehement» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vehement

Translation of «vehement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VEHEMENT

Find out the translation of vehement to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vehement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vehement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 激动的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vehemente
570 millions of speakers

English

vehement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लवलीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عنيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неистовый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

veemente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রচণ্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

véhément
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesungguhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heftig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

猛烈な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

격렬한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kịch liệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீவிரமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झुंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şiddetli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

veemente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gwałtowny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шалений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vehementă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σφοδρή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heftige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

häftig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heftig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vehement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VEHEMENT»

The term «vehement» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.243 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VEHEMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vehement

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3 QUOTES WITH «VEHEMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vehement.
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Alfred Adler
Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.
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Eric Hoffer
We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.
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Richard Savage
Anger is implanted in us as sort of sting, to make us gnash with our teeth against the devil, to make us vehement against him, not to set us in array against each other.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VEHEMENT»

Discover the use of vehement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vehement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Vehement Passions
Demonstrating enormous intellectual originality and generosity, Philip Fisher meditates on whether this victory is permanent-and how it might diminish us.
Philip Fisher, 2009
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Galileo's Inquisition Trial Revisited
This brings us to our second crime: suspected heresy. The suspicion of heresy The authors distinguish three kinds of suspicion of heresy: the slight, the vehement, and the violent ("suspicio triplex est, levis scilicet, vehemens, et violenta"; ...
Jules Speller, 2008
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Retrying Galileo, 1633-1992
... true that the Inquisition found Galileo to be such, whether the Inquisition's finding was really "vehement suspicion of heresy"; we can ask only questions of interpretation, such as what this pronouncement means, and questions of evaluation, ...
Maurice A. Finocchiaro, 2005
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The Vehement Flame: The Story of Stephen Escott
First pub. in 1930 under title: Stephen Escott.
Ludwig Lewisohn, 1948
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The Oberlin Evangelist
Restless, resigned, for this I wait, Fur this my vehement soul stand* still." Ho would have the soul resignedyel resiles*, and in this state of bkstless resignation he would have it mail. Again ho presents the soal in the singular, if not paradoxical, ...
Henry Cowles, Asa Mahan, 1839
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Mysteries of Attention
One could practice the craft of writing and improve one's skills in that domain, but either one had the power of forming great conceptions and possessed vehement and inspired passion or one did not. The power of forming great conceptions ...
James S. Hans, 1993
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The presages of life and death in diseases, in seven books, ...
Of this Kind there are also three Differences, the vehement, the languid, weak or low, and that which is intermediate between these. The vehement Pulse, is, that which forcibly strikes the Hand of the Person who feels it ; on the contrary the ...
Prosper Alpinus, 1746
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Hobbes
Surprisingly, Hobbes seems to support both sides in the current debate. He says: “[T]o have stronger and more vehement passions for any thing, than is ordinarily seen in others, is that which men call Madness” (L. VIII, 16). But later he says: ...
Bernard Gert, 2010
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Marking Time: On the Anthropology of the Contemporary
The Vehement Passions. Princeton: Princeton University Press, p. 4. 26. Elias, N. 1983. The Court Society. Oxford: Blackwell; Sloterdijk, P. 1999. Regeln für den Menschenpark. Ein Antwortschreiben zu Heideggers Brief über den Humanismus ...
Paul Rabinow, 2009
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The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History
Thus, in effect there were three main types of religious crimes, in descending order of seriousness: formal heresy, vehement suspicion of heresy, and slight suspicion of heresy. In regard to procedure, there were two ways in which legal ...
Maurice A. Finocchiaro, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VEHEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vehement is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pope Francis Vehement Encyclical releases this Thursday, upsets …
The strong opinion of Pope Francis about climate change will be 'public' this Thursday as the forceful encyclical is set to release in five different languages ... «NYC Today, Jun 15»
2
After vehement assurance of probe into Shikshan trust working …
After vehement assurance of probe into Shikshan trust working, things yet to move. Tuesday, 26 May 2015 - 5:30am IST | Agency: dna | From the print edition. «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»
3
Valve Bails On Paid Mods Following Vehement Backlash From …
That didn't take long. Last Thursday, Valve rolled out a new feature as part of its Steamworks platform that allowed the sale of mods, and it took no time at all ... «Hot Hardware, Apr 15»
4
Barisal Church pond almost filled ignoring vehement protest
The compound of Barisal District and Sessions Judge's Court gets flooded with water from the nearby pond on the premises of Barisal St. Peter's Church ... «The Daily Star, Apr 15»
5
Vehement no for NCTPS III stage
Residents of several villages, fishermen of north Chennai and environmentalists vehemently opposed the setting up of Stage III in the North Chennai Thermal ... «The Hindu, Mar 15»
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Russian president exhorts police to find mystery man behind 'absurd …
One of Putin's most vehement critics, Nemtsov was killed just hours after a radio interview in which he denounced the president for his “mad, aggressive” policies ... «National Post, Mar 15»
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Boris Nemtsov, Shot Friday, Was A Vehement Anti-Putin Critic
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down in Moscow Friday night. Nemtsov was a longtime opposition leader and a fierce critic of President ... «NPR, Feb 15»
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'Vehement Atheist' Charged with Executing 3 Muslim Students
'Vehement Atheist' Charged with Executing 3 Muslim Students. 0. e83f28bec4c8d3066d0f6a7067000f45_c0-107-800-573_s561x327. by John Nolte11 Feb ... «Breitbart News, Feb 15»
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Natenyahu Pushing Back With Vehement Frying-Pan vs. Kettle …
Not to bury the lead or anything, but the Washington Post has just revealed that the Obama Administration had been informed about the Bibi visit ahead of time. «Jewish Business News, Feb 15»
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NPR Spins: 'Vehement Hardliners' Vs. Hopeful 'Progressives' at …
Poggioli used her "vehement response" phrase after reporting that "no topic has ... [Cardinal Kasper's] idea triggered a vehement response from five prominent ... «NewsBusters, Oct 14»

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