vehemence

[ vee-uh-muhns ]

/ ˈvi ə məns /

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noun

the quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor.

vigorous impetuosity; fury: the vehemence of his attack.

OTHER WORDS FOR vehemence

1 eagerness, verve, zeal, enthusiasm, fervency.

2 passion.

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OPPOSITES FOR vehemence

1, 2 apathy.

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Sometimes ve·he·men·cy .

Origin of vehemence

1520–30; <Latin vehementia;see vehement, -ence

OTHER WORDS FROM vehemence

o·ver·ve·he·mence, noun

Words nearby vehemence

veggie, veggieburger, vegie, vego, veg out, vehemence, vehement, vehemently, vehicle, vehicular, V-eight

How to use vehemence in a sentence

I’ve been surprised by the vehemence of people’s opinions about public health questions — making them personal, political.
‘Employers are stereotyping people who are scared of getting a vaccine’: Confessions of a CEO on mandating shots|Jessica Davies|June 16, 2021|Digiday
The vehemence of the experts I spoke with surprised me, but the substance of what they said did not.
My Kids’ School Closed Again. So I Started Calling Experts.|by Eric Umansky|April 2, 2021|ProPublica
They seemed taken aback by the vehemence of Stebbins’ arguments.
She Noticed $200 Million Missing, Then She Was Fired|by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation|December 24, 2020|ProPublica
And this, more than anything, explains the size and vehemence of the protests.
Morsi-less: Are Egyptians Done with the Muslim Brothers?|Hussein Ibish|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Armstrong spent more than a decade denying with great vehemence what he may now be preparing to admit.
How Lance Armstrong Lied to the World (Including Me)|Howard Kurtz|January 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The “special vehemence” that Geronimo brought to raids there could be dated almost precisely to a night in 1851.
The Bin Laden of His Day? A New Biography of Geronimo|Marc Wortman|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
V is for vehemence, which the Tea Party movement has in abundance.
My A-Z Guide to the Tea Party|Tunku Varadarajan|September 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
She is unmatched in both the relentlessness and vehemence of her image-rehabilitation campaign.
Elizabeth Edwards' Media Hypocrisy|Rebecca Dana|June 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It burst upon them ere long with awful fury and grandeur, the elements warring with incredible vehemence.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
These remarks were uttered with such vehemence, that not a word was lost, and the whole coach became convulsed with laughter.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
As Couthon, a Jacobin orator, was uttering deep denunciations, he became breathless with the vehemence of his passionate speech.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
Mrs. Martin, amused with the vehemence with which the old man spoke out his mind, replied, with a smile.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
His satires are also admirable, but without the fierce vehemence and lofty indignation that characterized those of Juvenal.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord