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Etymology
Origin of vehemence
Explanation
Something with vehemence is forceful and energetic. If you passionately believe that your neighbor is mistreating his dog, speak to him with vehemence. Vehemence is the quality of being vehement, or powerful. We often describe passionate speeches as having vehemence. You could also describe a violent natural event as vehement. A hurricane sweeps onto coastal land with destructive vehemence. If your dancing style is wild and involves throwing your limbs every which way as fast as possible, then you dance with vehemence.
Vocabulary lists containing vehemence
A Tale of Two Cities
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Example Sentences
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So I deal with what comes with the greatest vehemence at me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
But that is to underestimate the symbolic vehemence of the Le Pen name, and the associations it conjures up in the minds of its enemies.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023
The chief justice called the vehemence of the dissent “disturbing.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
Still, the vehemence of the opposition to the Qingdao partnership surprised the Kiel City Council president, Hans-Werner Tovar, who oversaw the start of partnerships with two other cities.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
But Lawrence’s recollection only added more fog to the picture, for Bush also had been asked if it might have been Vandenberg who had doubted Oppenheimer’s trustworthiness—and he had denied that with the same vehemence.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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