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vehemence

/ˈviːəmən(t)s/

vehemence noun: an intense concentration, force or power.

Noun

vehemence (usually uncountable, plural vehemences)

  1. (usually) An intense concentration, force or power.
    • The bear attacked with vengeance and vehemence.
  2. (usually) A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.
    • His response was bursting with hatred and vehemence.
    • This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.2016 February 6, Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace, “The National”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  3. (usually) Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
    • I could not wonder at the vehemence of her care, her very soul was tenderness […]1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 8

vehemence meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

vehemence in Tamil

vehemence, ferocity, furiousness
கடுமை kaṭumai

vehemence in Urdu

غلبہ, ہیجان, سختی, سرگرمی, شدت, تیزی

vehemence in Malayalam

തീക്ഷ്ണത, കടുപ്പം, ആസക്തി

vehemence in Kannada

ಕಡುಪು, ಕಡು ಮೂಡಿಕೆ, ಕಡು ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ, ರಭಸ
More languagesFewer languages
vehemence in Sanskrit
त्विष् tviṣ

Forms of vehemence

pluralvehemences

Origin of vehemence

From Middle English vehemens, vemance, from Old French vëemence, vehemence, from Latin vehementia (“eagerness, strength”), from vehemens (“eager”).

Words formed from vehemence

Questions about vehemence

What does vehemence mean?
Vehemence means an intense concentration, force or power.
What is vehemence in Tamil?
Vehemence in Tamil is கடுமை (kaṭumai). See Vehemence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vehemence?
Vehemence is a noun.
How do you pronounce vehemence?
Vehemence is pronounced /ˈviːəmən(t)s/.
What is the plural of vehemence?
The plural of vehemence is vehemences.

Words near vehemence in the dictionary

  1. Vegri
  2. vegs
  3. vegs out
  4. vegtable
  5. veh
  6. vehemence
  7. vehemences
  8. vehemencies
  9. vehemency
  10. vehement
  11. vehemently

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vehemence (page history and authors); கடுமை (Tamil) (page history and authors); vehemence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vehemence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vehemence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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