Definition of vehement

"vehement" in the adjective sense

1. fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid

"fierce loyalty"

"in a tearing rage"

"vehement dislike"

"violent passions"

2. vehement

characterized by great force or energy

"vehement deluges of rain"

"vehement clapping"

"a vehement defense"

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Quotations for vehement

Eloquence is vehement simplicity. [ Burleigh or Cecil ]

Hate makes us vehement partisans, but love still more so. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. [ Bible ]

Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk. [ Cicero ]

The passion for praise, which is so very vehement in the fair sex, produces excellent effects in women of sense, who desire to be admired for that which only deserves admiration. [ Addison ]

Rhyme is the elementary art of the poet; but at the same time he must possess that vehement passion for melody that buoys his speech into song, his footsteps into tune, and makes his life move in a melodious rhythm. [ Bentivoglio ]

Though no participator in the joys of more vehement sport, I have a pleasure that I cannot reconcile to my abstract notions of the tenderness due to dumb creatures, in the tranquil cruelty of angling. I can only palliate the wanton destructiveness of my amusement by trying to assure myself that my pleasure does not spring from the success of the treachery I practice toward a poor little fish, but rather from that innocent revelry in the luxuriance of summer life which only anglers enjoy to the utmost. [ Bulwer-Lytton ]

vehement in Scrabble®

The word vehement is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters vehement:

VEHEMENT
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vehement in Words With Friends™

The word vehement is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters vehement:

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Words within the letters of vehement

2 letter words in vehement (5 words)

3 letter words in vehement (12 words)

4 letter words in vehement (9 words)

5 letter words in vehement (2 words)

6 letter words in vehement (1 word)

8 letter words in vehement (1 word)

vehement + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence vehement

Words that start with vehement (2 words)

Words with vehement in them (1 word)

Words that end with vehement (1 word)

Word Growth involving vehement

Shorter words in vehement

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em hem heme

he hem heme

me heme

en men

me men

Longer words containing vehement

vehemently