vehement

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  1. adjective Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid: a vehement denial. See Synonyms at intense.
  2. adjective Marked by or full of vigor or energy; strong: a vehement storm.

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  • Khartoum's opposition to the UN / African Union peacekeeping presence in Darfur (UNAMID) has been similarly vehement, and again long preceded the ICC Prosecutor's announcement of July 14,
  • So vehement was their indignation that the left denied Joe the democratic nomination for his Connecticut Senate seat. —  South Dakota Politics
  • The people burst into tears, and so vehement were their manifestations of despair, that all the efforts of Ezra and his colleagues were needed to calm them. —  History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12)
  • The style of Micah is bold, vehement, and abrupt. —  Companion to the Bible
  • The paralysis of common fear rooted him to the rocks But the sudden change of focus instantly destroyed the picture; and so vehement was the fall from glory into meanness, that it dislocated the machinery of clairvoyant vision. —  Four Weird Tales
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passionate ·  ardent ·  impassioned ·  fervent ·  impetuous ·  emphatic ·  frantic ·  indignant ·  urgent ·  loud ·  resolute ·  sincere
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vehemēns, vehement-, perhaps from vehere, to carry; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French vehement, French véhément = Spanish Portuguese vehemente = Italian veemente, from Latin vehemen(t-)s, sometimes contr. veemen(t-)s, vēmen(t-)s, very eager, impetuous, ardent, furious, apparently from vehere, carry (or *veha, vea, via, way?), + men(t-)s, mind: see vehicle and mental.
 

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