Vehemence

Noun

 * 1) An intense concentration, force or power.
 * The bear attacked with vengeance and vehemence.
 * 1) A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.
 * His response was bursting with hatred and vehemence.
 * 1) Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Related terms

 * vehemency
 * vehement

Adjectives for Vehemence
noisy; unaccountable; petitionary; earnest; suppressed; essential; passionate; excessive; sudden; lively; hasty; wild; corresponding; equal.

Thesaurus
Alecto, Megaera, Nemesis, Tisiphone, abandon, acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, amperage, animality, application, ardency, ardor, armipotence, assiduity, assiduousness, astringency, atrocity, authority, barbarity, beef, bite, bitterness, black power, bloodlust, brutality, brute force, burning rage, causticity, charge, charisma, clout, cogence, cogency, commitment, committedness, compulsion, concentration, dedication, destructiveness, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, diligence, dint, drive, duress, earnestness, ecstasy, edge, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, energeticalness, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, extremity, faith, faithfulness, ferociousness, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fierceness, fieriness, fire, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, full blast, full force, furious rage, furiousness, furor, fury, glow, grip, gusto, harshness, heart, heartiness, heat, heatedness, impassionedness, impetuosity, inclemency, indefatigability, industriousness, industry, influence, inhumanity, intensity, intentness, keenness, laboriousness, liveliness, loyalty, main force, main strength, malignity, mana, mercilessness, might, might and main, mightiness, mindlessness, mordacity, mordancy, moxie, murderousness, muscle power, passion, passionateness, pitilessness, pizzazz, poignancy, point, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, productiveness, productivity, puissance, pull, punch, push, rage, relentlessness, relish, resolution, rigor, roughness, savagery, savor, sedulity, sedulousness, seriousness, severity, sharpness, sincerity, sinew, soul, spirit, steam, sting, strength, strenuousness, stridency, stringency, strong arm, superiority, superpower, tartness, tearing passion, teeth, terrorism, the Erinyes, the Eumenides, the Furies, tirelessness, towering rage, trenchancy, ungentleness, unsparingness, validity, vandalism, venom, verve, viciousness, vigor, vim, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, warmth, warmth of feeling, wattage, weight, zeal, zealousness

Etymology
From, from vehementia:, from vehemens:.

Translations

 * Croatian: žestina, vehementnost , vehemencija
 * Finnish: rajuus, kiihkeys
 * German: ,
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 * Portuguese: veemencia
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 * Croatian: žar, strast , vehementnost
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