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vehement

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ve⋅he⋅ment

  [vee-uh-muhnt]
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–adjective
1. zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm.
2. characterized by rancor or anger; violent: vehement hostility.
3. strongly emotional; intense or passionate: vehement desire.
4. marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous: vehement clapping.
Origin:
1475–85; < L vehement-, s. of vehemēns, vēmēns violent, forceful (of uncert. derivation)

Related forms:
ve⋅he⋅ment⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. earnest, fervent, fervid. 2. burning, fiery.

Antonyms:
1, 2. dispassionate.
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ve·he·ment   (vē'ə-mənt)   
adj.  

  1. Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid: a vehement denial. See Synonyms at intense.

  2. Marked by or full of vigor or energy; strong: a vehement storm.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vehemēns, vehement-, perhaps from vehere, to carry; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
ve'he·mence, ve'he·men·cy n., ve'he·ment·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

vehement 
1485, from M.Fr. vehement "impetuous, ardent," from L. vehementem (nom. vehemens) "impetuous, carried away," perhaps from a lost present middle participle of vehere "to carry" (see vehicle). The other theory is that it represents vehe- "lacking, wanting" + mens "mind."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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