vehement
adjective/ˈviːəmənt/
/ˈviːəmənt/
- showing very strong feelings, especially anger synonym forceful
- a vehement denial/attack/protest, etc.
- He had been vehement in his opposition to the idea.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryVehement is used with these nouns:- denial
- opposition
Word Originlate Middle English (describing pain or temperature, in the sense ‘intense, high in degree’): from French véhément or Latin vehement- ‘impetuous, violent’, perhaps from an unrecorded adjective meaning ‘deprived of mind’, influenced by vehere ‘carry’.
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