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Definition: Vehemence |
VehemenceNoun1. Intensity or forcefulness of expression: "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights". 2. The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vehemence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: VehemenceSynonyms: emphasis (n), ferocity (n), fierceness (n), furiousness (n), fury (n), violence (n), wildness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Noun: excitability, impetuosity, vehemence; boisterousness; Adjective: turbulence; impatience, intolerance, nonendurance; irritability; (irascibility); itching; (desire); wincing; disquiet, disquietude; restlessness; fidgets, fidgetiness; agitation; (irregular motion). |
Feeling | Warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence; fervor, fervency; heartiness, cordiality; earnestness, eagerness; empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism; excitation of feeling; fullness of the heart; (disposition); passion; (state of excitability); ecstasy; (pleasure). |
Violence | Noun: violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness; Adjective: effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump, riot, row, rumpus, le diable a quatre, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vehemence |
| English words defined with "vehemence": Animoseness, Ardency ♦ emphasis, Epizeuxis ♦ Fulmine ♦ hot ♦ To do violence to, To make haste ♦ Vehemency. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vehemence": reliquary. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "vehemence": Vehemency. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Vehemence" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Czech (vehemence). |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, short-ribs of the saints, the ears of Balaam's ass, the lung of the cock that called Peter to repentance and so forth. Reliquaries are commonly of metal, and provided with a lock to prevent the contents from coming out and performing miracles at unseasonable times. A feather from the wing of the Angel of the Annunciation once escaped during a sermon in Saint Peter's and so tickled the noses of the congregation that they woke and sneezed with great vehemence three times each. It is related in the "Gesta Sanctorum" that a sacristan in the Canterbury cathedral surprised the head of Saint Dennis in the library. Reprimanded by its stern custodian, it explained that it was seeking a body of doctrine. This unseemly levity so raged the diocesan that the offender was publicly anathematized, thrown into the Stour and replaced by another head of Saint Dennis, brought from Rome. |
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| "Vehemence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vehemence" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 93 | 34,067 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vehemence | 32 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vehemence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vrull (Ardor, ardour, burst, career, dash, drive, driving force, elan, flush, furor, fury, ginger, impetuosity, impetus, momentum, pelt, pep, pith, raciness, rage, reach, spasm, spurt, tear, tearing, thrust, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, zest, zip), furi (frenzy, fury, rage, rave). (various references) | |
Arabic | قوة (ability, agency, arm, authority, birr, capacity, clout, dint, energy, faculty, force, forcefulness, forcing, hardihood, intension, intensity, iron, leverage, might, operation, potency, power, severity, sinew, solidity, stamina, starch, stoutness, strength, vigor, vigour, violence, virility, virtue), حدة (acridity, acrimony, acuity, acuteness, asperity, edge, great rage, intensification, intensity, keenness, loneness, paroxysmal, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, ruggedness, severity, sharpness, solitariness, solitude, temper), عنف (blow up, check, chide, convulse, expostulate, fierceness, force, heating, impetuosity, rant, rebuke, roughness, rowdyism, rudeness, scold, smarten, thuggery, violence, whip off), اتقاد, شدة (adversity, exaltation, ferocity, harshness, hindrance, intensity, misery, need, rigor, solidity, strength, temperature, violence, warmth). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | страстност (amorousness, fierceness), страст (abandon, addiction, ardour, desire, feeling, fervency, fervor, fervour, infatuation, lust, passion, rage), увлечение (abandon, abandonment, fire, flame, gusto, mustard, penchant, relish, transport, zeal, zest), сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), жар (ardour, embers, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, flame, ginger, glow, gusto, heat, incandescence, mustard, violence, warmth, zest). (various references) | |
Chinese | 热烈 (hotly). (various references) | |
Czech | vehemence, vášnivost (fervor, fervour, vigor, vigour), prudkost (effervescence, effervescency, ferocity, fierceness, impetuosity, intensity, rapidity, viciousness, vigor, vigour, violence, virulence). (various references) | |
Farsi | غیظوغضب , غضب شدید, حرارت (Ardor, Fire, Ginger, Heat, Impetuosity, Verve, Warmth, Zeal), تندی (Acerbity, Acrimony, Discourtesy, Ginger, Heat, Impetuosity, Kick, Pace, Pungency, Rapidity, Rigor, Speed, Velocity, Violence, Virulence), شدت (Acrimony, Duress, Extremity, Gravity, Intensity, Severity, Stringency, Violence). (various references) | |
Finnish | rajuus (fury, violence), äkeys (crossness). (various references) | |
French | véhémence, intensité, ardeur (vehement). (various references) | |
German | Wucht (brunt, force, impact, load, momentum, power, shock, weight), Vehemenz, Ungestüm (boisterous, boisterously, boisterousness, impetuosity, impetuous, impetuousness, unruly, vehement). (various references) | |
Greek | σφοδρότησ (intensity, vehemency), σφοδρότητα (acuteness, intensity, vehemency), ορμή (appetite, brunt, dash, elan, impact, impetuosity, impetus, impulse, momentum, precipitance, rush, urge, vehemency). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תקיפות (assertiveness, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, vigour, violence), עוז (forcel, fortress, glory, heroism, main, might, power, strength, valour, vigour). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hév (ardor, ardour, elan, fire, heat, pathos, stingo, verve, warmth, zeal). (various references) | |
Italian | veemenza, impetuosit (eclat, hastiness, impetuosity). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 劇" (intenseness, keenness, severity, violence), 激" (intenseness, keenness, severity, violence). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | 'きじ" (intenseness, keenness, severity, violence). (various references) | |
Manx | niart (abundance, cogency, drastic, force, much, power, strength, validity, weight of a blow), jeeanid (ardour, assiduity, avidity, eagerness, earnestness, enthusiasm, fervour, intenseness, proneness, zeal), elgys (anger, fierceness, spite, viciousness, vindictiveness), chennoilys (fierceness), chennoilid (fieriness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ehemencevay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | veemência (ardor, ardour, wildness), paixão (addiction, ardor, ardour, craze, fire, flame, glow, love, love-sickness, lust, mania, passion, rabidity, zeal), impetuosidade (impetuosity, mettle, mettlesomeness, random, wildness), força (action, dint, flush, force, might, mightiness, nerve, potency, potentiality, pressure, raciness, steam, stoutness, strain, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, vitality), fervor (ardor, ardour, fervency, fervor, fervour, mettle, mettlesomeness, unction, warmth, zeal), ardor (ardor, ardour, caloric, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, flame, glow, heat, lust, mettle, mettlesomeness, passion, tingle, warmth, zeal). (various references) | |
Romanian | vehemenţã (acrimony, bitterness, violence). (various references) | |
Russian | страстность, сила (arm, efficacy, energy, force, force of, forcefulness, libido, lustiness, might, nerve, pitch, pith, potency, power, strength, strengths, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, virtue). (various references) | |
Scottish | dìorras (stubbornness, vehement anger). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | žestina (force, rage, severities, sharpness, violence). (various references) | |
Spanish | vehemencia (Ardor, ardour, heat, intensity). (various references) | |
Swedish | häftighet (ferocity, impetuosity, intensity, violence, virulence). (various references) | |
Turkish | sertlik (asperity, austerity, bitterness, curtness, fierceness, firmness, hardness, harshness, headiness, inclemency, intemperance, kick, pungency, rigidity, rigor, rigour, severity, sharpness, solidity, starch, sternness, stiffness, stoniness, strength, strictness, stringency, tartness, toughness, wiriness), coşkunluk (abundance, colour, cyclone, ebullience, ebulliency, ecstasy, effusion, effusiveness, enthusiasm, exaltation, exuberance, exuberancy, fervor, fervour, flush, frenzy, vibrancy), şiddet (acuteness, edge, fierceness, force, forcefulness, harshness, heaviness, impetuosity, impetus, intenseness, intension, intensity, keenness, lustiness, rigor, rigour, rough stuff, severity, sharpness, smartness, sting, stringency, tempest, violence, virulence), ateşlilik. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | інтенсивність (intensity), сила (agency, cloud, efficacy, force, iron, muscle, nerve, pith, potence, potency, power, strength, vigor, vigour, wealth), шаленство (chafe, fury, phrensy, rage, rampage, raving). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự sôi nổi (ardency, ardour, effervescence, effervescency, excitement, feverishness, keenness, vehemency), sự mãnh liệt (ardency, vehemency, violence), sự kịch liệt (vehemency), sự dữ dội (keenness, rudeness, vehemency, violence). (various references) | |
Welsh | angerddoldeb (intensity). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | animositas, animositatem, animositates, animositatis, impetus, violentia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vehemence": vehemences. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vehemence" (pronounced vē"umuns or vuhē"muns) |
| 4 | -m u n s | conformance, performance. |
| 3 | -u n s | absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, abeyance, abhorrence, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
| 4 | -m u n s | conformance, performance. |
| 3 | -u n s | absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, abeyance, abhorrence, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-h-m-n-v" | |
-4 letters: emcee, hence. | |
-5 letters: eche, even, heme, neem, neve. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-e-h-m-n-v" | |
+1 letter: vehemences. | |
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