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Definition: Vehement |
VehementAdjective1. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions". 2. Characterized by great force or energy; "vehement deluges of rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vehement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: VehementSynonyms: fierce (adj), tearing (adj), trigger-happy (adj), violent (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap. |
Vigor | Lofty, elevated, sublime; eloquent; vehement, petulant, impassioned; poetic. |
Violence | Adjective: violent, vehement; warm; acute, sharp; rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild; brusque, abrupt, waspish; impetuous; rampant. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Vehement |
| English words defined with "vehement": Animous ♦ blatant ♦ clamant, clamorous ♦ declamation ♦ heated, Hot-headed ♦ In hot water ♦ Phrygian mode, Puffingly ♦ shouted, Stalworth, strident ♦ vehemently, Violent profits, vociferator, vociferous ♦ yelled. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Vehement" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (vehement, vehemently), Romanian (bitterly, harangue, hot and strong, passionate, passionately, vehement, vehemently, violent). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Vehement (1990) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Johann Kaspar Lavater | If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic. |
Marcus T. Cicero | Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius was in this first vehement and fascinating period which the grand passion commences |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | El Salvador | A vehement, public dispute that began in 2000 between the acting Ombudsman and some employees exacerbated these negative trends. (references) |
Minorities | Nepal | While this prejudice is not systematic, it can be vehement and occasionally violent. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Vehement" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vehement" is used about 108 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 108 | 31,306 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "vehement": extra-vehement. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
vehement | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vehement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i vrullshëm (blusterous, blustery, convulsive, darting, dashing, drastic, explosive, impetuous, rash, rattling, spasmodic, sudden, sweeping, tearaway, tearing, thrifty, vigorous), i furishëm (driving, frantic, furious), i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, solid, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملتهب (ablaze, aflame, blazing, burning, fiery, flaming, flammable, impassioned, in flames, inflammatory, passionate, red-hot), متقد (ablaze, aflame, aglow, blazing, burning, fervent, fiery, flamboyance, flamboyancy, flaming, glowing, impassioned, incandescent, passionate, red-hot, strenuous, sultry, torrid), قوي (able bodied, acute, athletic, brawny, burly, forceful, forcible, full-bodied, furious, generous, hardy, hearty, heavy duty, husky, incorrodible, intense, intensive, keen, lively, lusty, manly, mighty, muscular, pithy, potent, powered, powerful, precious, pronounced, reliable, robust, rude, sledge hammer, spanking, staunch, stern, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, telling, tight, tough, trig, vigorous, violent, virtuous, vivid, youthful), عنيف (bitter, dragon's, drastic, fell, fierce, gory, heady, impetuous, knockabout, outrageous, passionate, rabid, rigorous, robust, rough, rude, ruthless, scurrilous, set, severe, sharp, shrewd, smart, stiff, stout, strenuous, stringent, strong, torricellian, tough, tumultuous, turbulent, violent, volcanic), شعواء (fierce), شديد (acute, biting, boisterous, brusque, cordial, crass, dense, excruciating, extreme, forte, intense, intensive, keen, lusty, rigorous, shrill, stern, strong, telling, tempestuous, terrible, vicious, violent). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стремителен (brash, headlong, heady, impetuous, puffy, slashing, soaring, tearaway, torrential), страстен (amorous, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, fierce, gutsy, impassioned, keen, libidinous, lustful, passional, passionate, sulphurous, sultry, violent), силен (acute, athletic, beefy, emphatic, energetic, flush, forceful, forcible, foul-mouthed, full, generous, hard, heavy, high, intense, invulnerable, iron, loud, lusty, main, male, mighty, muscled, muscular, nappy, nervous, nervy, perishing, pithy, potent, powerful, rattling, robust, short, shrewd, smacking, smart, sounding, stark, stiff, strong, sturdy, swingeing, telling, tenacious, thumping, thundering, torrid, two-fisted, vigorous), разпален (fanatic, fanatical, heated, radiant, sportive, warm, zealous), бурен (angry, blusterous, blustery, boiling, darnel, dirty, fierce, heavy, roaring, rogue, rough, rugged, stormy, tearaway, tempestuous, thunderous, turbulent, violent, weed, wild). (various references) | |
Chinese | 慷慨 (fervent), 激烈, 忿 . (various references) | |
Czech | vehementní, vášnivý (ardent, avid, fervent, heated, impassioned, inveterate, keen, passional, passionate, red-hot, sultry, torrid, violent), zuřivý (blazing, ferocious, fierce, frantic, furious, furred, rabid, savage, violent), strhující (arresting, entrancing, impressive, stirring, thrilling), prudký (abrupt, acrimonious, big, bulge, effervescent, ferocious, fierce, fiery, glaring, grievous, gusty, heady, heated, heavy, high, hot tempered, hot-headed, impetuous, intense, keen, passional, passionate, peppery, rapid, rash, robust, rude, sharp, steep, stormy, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, towering, tumultuous, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), mohutný (big, bulky, hulking, large, mighty, strong, vibrant, violent). (various references) | |
Farsi | غضبناک (Wroth), شدید (Boisterous, Chronic, Diametrical, Drastic, Exquisite, Grievous, Hard, Inclement, Intense, Intensive, Keen, Rigorous, Rugged, Severe, Sopping, Stalwart, Strenuous, Tough, Vigorous, Violent), باحرارت زیاد. (various references) | |
Finnish | raju (ungovernable, unruly, violent), kiivas (hot, irascible, quick-tempered, violent), ankara (acute, hard, intense, rigourous, severe, sharp, stern, strict, stringent, strong, violent), äkeä (angry, cross, crusty). (various references) | |
French | violent, véhément, passionné, ardeur (vehemence). (various references) | |
German | vehement (vehemently). (various references) | |
Greek | σφοδρόσ (eager, intense, keen, splitting, strenuous, violent), παράφορος, ορμητικόσ (brash, dashing, heady, impetuous, impulsive). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תקיף (assertive, determined, emphatic, forceful, mighty, peremptory, powerful, resolute), רותח (boiling, ebullient, furious, wild). (various references) | |
Hungarian | heves (acute, boisterous, explosive, fervent, fervid, fulmination, heady, heated, hot, hot-tempered, impetuous, intense, keen, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, poignant, rampageous, sanguine, short tempered, snoring, to run the gauntlet of adverse criticism, warm). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penuh semangat (steamedup), hebat (excellent, fabulous, formidable, intense, killing, severe, spectacular, super, swell), berkobar-kobar (be ablaze, inflammatory (speech)). (various references) | |
Italian | veemente (heavy, impetuous, violent), impetuoso (boisterous, dashing, forceful, headlong, heady, hot, hot-headed, impetuous, impulsive, rapid, slapdash, slaphappy, sweeping, violent). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 猛烈 (rage, violent), 激烈 (fervent, furious, violent), 激しい (furious, intense, tempestuous, violent). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ねつれつ (ardent, passionate), もうれつ (rage, violent), 'きれつ (fervent, fierceness, furious, intenseness, severity, violence, violent), 'きえつ (violent), は'しい (furious, intense, tempestuous, violent). (various references) | |
Korean | 격심한. (various references) | |
Manx | jeean (ardent, businesslike, diligent, eager, earnest, fervent, intense, intensive, keen, sudden, zealous), chennoil (fiery). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ehementvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | violento (blustering, boisterous, desperate, drastic, elbow-grease, fierce, forceful, forcible, furious, heady, hot, hot-brained, hot-headed, hot-tempered, impetuous, joggly, judas-colored, judas-coloured, rabid, racking, rambunctious, rampageous, rampant, red, rough, rude, ruffianly, sledge-hammer, smart, smashing, spasmodic, splitting, stormy, swashing, swingeing, tearing, tempestuous, thunderous, tough, towering, two-fisted, uncontrollable, viatic, violent, virulent), veemente (keen, longing, passionate), impetuoso (dashing, fiery, forcible, furious, headlong, heady, hot, hot-brained, hot-headed, hot-tempered, impetuous, lawless, licentious, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, riotous, slapdash, tearing, tempestuous, violent, volcanic), forte (accomplished, acute, bold, bouncing, brawny, cogent, decuman, firm, forceful, forcible, fort, forte, fortress, full-blooded, hale, hard, heavy, hefty, high, high-hearted, intense, intensive, keen, loud, lusty, manly, masculine, masterful, mighty, nappy, penetrating, pithy, potent, presidio, racy, red-blooded, salt, sanguineous, seaworthy, sharp, sinewy, snorting, solid, stalwart, stark, stout, strapping, sturdy, substantial, swingeing, telling, tough, two-fisted, unfailing, venturous, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome), ardente (ablaze, afire, aflame, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing, burning, eager, feeling, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, het up, hot, hot-blooded, hotspur, incandescent, intense, keen, longing, passionate, scorching, torrid, tropic, tropical, volcanic, warm), apaixonado (doting, enthusiastic, fond, heartwarming, hot-blooded, impassioned, in love, inamorato, infatuated, lover, lovesick, nutty, passionate, spoony, stormy, swain, tropic, tropical, warm, warm-blooded). (various references) | |
Romanian | violent (acute, bad, boisterous, desperate, fiercely, furious, heady, heavy, high, high-spirited, impetuous, raging, rampageous, rampant, rankly, robust, rough, rowdy, rude, rugged, severe, sharp, splitting, strong, sudden, towering, truculent, ungovernable, violent, virulent, wanton), vehement (bitterly, harangue, hot and strong, passionate, passionately, vehemently, violent), tare (adamant, adamantine, badly, crusty, deeply, double, durable, fast, fierce, firm, firmly, greatly, hard, hollow, intense, intensely, lasting, leathery, loud, loudly, mighty, potent, powerful, rigid, robust, rocky, solid, spanking, stalwart, steady, stiff, stout, strong, strongly, sturdy, to the echo, tough, unflinching, unflinchingly, vigorous, violent), aprins (ablaze, aflame, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing, bright, brilliant, burning, eager, fervent, fiery, glowing, hasty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hothead, kindled, live, living, lurid, mercurial, passionate, peppery, perfervid, sharp, sudden, violent, vivid). (various references) | |
Russian | сильный (bad, big, brawny, closely-coupled, exquisite, forceful, forcible, hard, intense, iron, keen, lively, lusty, marrowy, muscular, pithy, potent, powerful, racy, rugged, strenuous, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, two-fisted, upstanding, vigorous, violent). (various references) | |
Scottish | dian (eager, hasty, keen), bras (fast, impetuous, keen, quick, rapid, rash, speedy, swift). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | žestok (bitter, blistering, boisterous, intense, mettled, mettlesome, racy, right-down, rough and tumble, severe, uncanny, vicious, violent, white hot). (various references) | |
Spanish | vehemente (ardent, eager, fervid, fiery, hot, intense). (various references) | |
Swedish | våldsam (ferocious, heavy, hurly burly, impetuous, intemperate, intense, passionate, savage, slashing, swingeing, tearing, tremendous, turbulent, vicious, violent), häftig (ardent, be furious, blustery, darting, excessive, explosive, exquisite, ferocious, fierce, flaming, fulminant, furious, groovy, gusty, heady, heavy, impetuous, intense, irascible, jazzy, keen, passionate, quick, quick tempered, rude, smart, throe, violent, virulent, volcanic). (various references) | |
Turkish | sert (acrid, adamant, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exact, exacting, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard line, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pointed, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, unyielding, violent), hararetli (aboil, aglow, burning, dithyrambic, excited, fervent, fevered, glowing, heated, in a glow, perfervid, roaring, sulphurous, sultry, warm), coşkulu (cock-a-hoop, declamatory, dithyrambic, effusive, enthusiastic, excited, exhilarated, glowing, gut, in a glow, rapturous, stirring, sweeping, transported with joy), şiddetli (acute, astringent, bitter, brutal, burning, cast iron, consuming, deep, drastic, exquisite, extreme, ferocious, flaming, flash, forceful, frenetic, frenzied, fulminant, furious, gusty, hard, harsh, heavy, high, hot, impetuous, intemperate, intense, intensive, ironclad, keen, profound, rigorous, round, severe, sharp, slashing, sledgehammer, smacking, smart, smashing, spanking, splitting, stand up, stern, stinging, stormy, strenuous, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, torrential, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), ateşli (aglow, ardent, armed, burning, eager, enthusiastic, febrile, fervent, fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery, flamboyant, flaming, gut, hectic, het up, hot, impassioned, in a glow, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, perfervid, racy, red-hot, skittish, sulphurous, sultry, torrid, zealous), öfkeli (angry, bristly, dyspeptic, enraged, furious, heated, hot-blooded, ill-conditioned, in a pet, incensed, indignant, inflamed, ireful, pissed off, purple in the face, rabid, rampant, red-hot, snotty, sore, spunky, waxy, white hot, with his hackles up, wrathful, wrathy, wroth, wrought up). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сильний (acute, athletic, bad, bitter, bull, cordial, deep, driving, nervous, nervy, penetrating, potent, powerful, punchy, quick, sharp, smart, spanking, strong, swingeing, vigorous), різкий (abrupt, acerbic, acrid, acute, argute, bluffy, brief, brusque, curt, harsh, nippy, point blank, raucous, snappish, stark, trenchant, violent), шалений (amok, amuck, boisterous, dithyrambic, ecstatic, fierce, frantic, frenzied, lunatic, mad, outrageous, pelting, stormy, unruly, wild). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sôi nổi (ardent, ardently, bean, bean-fed, effervescent, feverish, fiery, hectic, hot-blooded, hot-spririted, keen, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, rousing), mãnh liệt (ardent, ardently, blaze, burning, energetic, fierce, high, mightily, sin, violently), kịch liệt (acute, cutthroat, orgastic, slashing, violently), dữ dội (boot, formidable, heavy, high, impetuous, keen, ravenous, rude, severse, thundering, towering, violent). (various references) | |
Welsh | croch (loud). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fervidus, vehemens, vehementi, vehementis, vehementissime, vehementissimo, vehementissimum, vehementius, violenta, violenti, violentorum, violentum, violentus. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | vehement. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Song of Solomon Chapter 8, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | QeV me wV sfragida epi thn kardian sou wV sfragida epi ton braciona sou oti krataia wV qanatoV agaph sklhroV wV adhV zhloV periptera authV periptera puroV flogeV authV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Pone me ut signaculum super cor tuum ut signaculum super brachium tuum quia fortis est ut mors dilectio dura sicut inferus aemulatio lampades eius lampades ignis atque flammarum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Put me as a brooche vpon thin herte, as a brooche vpon thin arm; for strong is as deth looue, hard as helle ielousnesse; the laumpis of it the laumpes of fir, and of flaumes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Song of Solomon Chapter 8, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Himoa ako nga ingon sa usa ka patik sa imong kasingkasing; Ingon sa usa ka patik sa imong bukton: Kay ang gugma kusganon sama sa kamatayon; Ang pangabugho mabangis ingon sa Sheol; Ang mga pangidlap niana mao gayud ang pangidlap sa kalayo, Ang siga gayud ni Jehova. |
| Croatian | Stavi me kao znak na srce, kao peèat na ruku svoju, jer ljubav je jaka kao smrt, a ljubomora tvrda kao grob. Žar je njezin žar vatre i plamena Jahvina. |
| Danish | Læg mig som en seglring om dit hjerte, som et Armbånd om din Arm! Thi Kærlighed er stærk som døden, Nidkærhed hård som Dødsriget; i dens gløder er Brændende Glød, dens lue er HERRENS Lue. |
| Dutch | Zet mij als een zegel op Uw hart, als een zegel op Uw arm; want de liefde is sterk als de dood; de ijver is hard als het graf; haar kolen zijn vurige kolen, vlammen des HEEREN. |
| Finnish | Pane minut sinetiksi sydämellesi, sinetiksi käsivarrellesi. Sillä rakkaus on väkevä kuin kuolema, tuima kuin tuonela on sen kiivaus, sen hehku on tulen hehku, on Herran liekki. |
| French | Mets-moi comme un sceau sur ton coeur, Comme un sceau sur ton bras; Car l`amour est fort comme la mort, La jalousie est inflexible comme le séjour des morts; Ses ardeurs sont des ardeurs de feu, Une flamme de l`Éternel. |
| German | Setze mich wie ein Siegel auf dein Herz und wie ein Siegel auf deinen Arm. Denn Liebe ist stark wie der Tod, und ihr Eifer ist fest wie die Hölle. Ihre Glut ist feurig und eine Flamme des HERRN, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jadikanlah aku buah hatimu, jangan memeluk siapa pun selain aku; karena cinta itu sekuat maut, dan nafsu berkuasa seperti kematian. Nyalanya seperti nyala api yang berkobar dengan dahsyat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Taruhlah akan daku dalam hatimu bagaikan meterai, bagaikan meterai pada lenganmu; karena kuat kasih itu seperti kuat maut, dan cemburuan itu hebat seperti alam barzakh, nyalanya seperti nyala api, seperti halilintar Tuhan. |
| Italian | Mettimi come sigillo sul tuo cuore, come sigillo sul tuo braccio; perché forte come la morte è l'amore, tenace come gli inferi è la passione: le sue vampe son vampe di fuoco, una fiamma del Signore! |
| Maori | Waiho ahau hei hiri ki tou ngakau, hei hiri ki tou ringa; rite tahi hoki ki to te mate te kaha o te aroha; nanakia tonu te hae, ano ko te urupa, ko ona hiko, he hiko ahi, he mura pu na Ihowa. |
| Norwegian | Sett mig som et segl på ditt hjerte, som et segl på din arm; for sterk som døden er kjærligheten, hård som dødsriket er dens nidkjærhet; dens glød er som ildens glød, en Herrens lue. |
| Portuguese | Põe-me como selo sobre o teu coração, como selo sobre o teu braço; porque o amor é forte como a morte; o ciúme é cruel como o Seol; a sua chama é chama de fogo, verdadeira labareda do Senhor. |
| Rumanian | Pune-mq ca o pecete pe inima ta, ca o pecete pe brayul tqu; cqci dragostea este tare ca moartea, wi gelozia este neknduplecatq ca locuinya moryilor; jarul ei este jar de foc, o flacqrq a Domnului. |
| Russian | рПМПЦЙ НЕОС, ЛБЛ ЕЮБФШ, ОБ УЕТ""Е ФЧПЕ, ЛБЛ ЕТУФЕОШ, ОБ ТХЛХ ФЧПА: Й'П ЛТЕ ЛБ, ЛБЛ УНЕТФШ, МА'ПЧШ; МАФБ, ЛБЛ ТЕЙУ П"ОСС, ТЕЧОПУФШ; УФТЕМЩ ЕЕ--УФТЕМЩ ПЗОЕООЩЕ; ПОБ МБНЕОШ ЧЕУШНБ УЙМШОЩК. |
| Swedish | Hav mig såsom en signetring vid ditt hjärta, såsom en signetring på din arm. Ty kärleken är stark såsom döden, dess trängtan obetvinglig såsom dödsriket; dess glöd är såsom eldens glöd, en HERRENS låga är den. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vehement": vehemently. (additional references) | |
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"Vehement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: veement, vehament, vehemnt, vehiment, vehment, vhement, vivement. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vehement" (pronounced vē"umunt or vuhē"munt) |
| 5 | -u m u n t | argument, armament, accompaniment, adamant, complement, condiment, impediment, implement, detriment, disarmament, element, excrement, experiment, filament, increment, instrument, integument, ligament, ornament, orpiment, parliament, predicament, rearmament, regiment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, sentiment, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament. |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, arraignment, arrangement, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, comportment, concealment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, extinguishment, figment, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, segment, settlement, shipment, statement, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
| 5 | -ē" m u n t | agreement, disagreement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-m-n-t-v" | |
-2 letters: ethene. | |
-3 letters: event, theme. | |
-4 letters: even, heme, hent, meet, mete, meth, neem, neve, teem, teen, thee, them, then, vent. | |
-5 letters: eme, eth, eve, hem, hen, het, men, met, nee, net, nth, tee, ten, the, vee, vet. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-m-n-t-v" | |
+2 letters: vehemently. | |
+3 letters: achievement. | |
+4 letters: achievements. | |
+5 letters: mantelshelves. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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