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adjective

Vehement adj.

Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, a vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.

Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion. "Vehement instigation." "Vehement desire."

Synonyms: Furious; violent; raging; impetuous; passionate; ardent; eager; hot; fervid; burning.

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Etymology of 'Vehement'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vehement" Quotes from Famous Books

... could hardly falter a question in response to Stampoff's vehement outburst. "Why do you tell me these things?" she said brokenly. "I—I dare not interfere, even though I approved of what you say, which I ...

— A Son of the Immortals • Louis Tracy

... a concession to the court of Rome, claiming the investiture of kings, and a denial in fact of the principle, not formulated but latent since 1789, of the sovereignty of the people. But as a rule, there was no vehement discussion of an act generally considered as belonging to the etiquette of royalty, without importance for or against the institutions of the country. It was the fete of the accession to the throne—a luxury of the crown. ...

— The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X • Imbert De Saint-Amand

... Panza went riding upon his ass, like any patriarch, with his wallet and leathern bottle, and with a vehement desire to find himself governor of the island which his master ...

— Literary Remains (1) • Coleridge

... fortunate that the next person who entered the room was Claude, and all at once he was appealed to by the four disputants, Lily the loudest and most vehement. 'Claude, listen to him, and tell him to throw away these hateful new lights, which lead ...

— Scenes and Characters • Charlotte M. Yonge

... to disarm hostility by declaring his readiness to resign if the other popes would do the same. His promise was welcomed with enthusiasm, but neither Sigismund nor his supporters were softened by it. In spite of the vehement protests of the Elector of Mainz that he would obey no pope but John XXIII, the proposal was made to proceed to a new election. John had to fall back upon his last expedient. If he departed from Constance he might throw the council into fatal confusion; at the worst he could maintain himself as ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various

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