vehement.
Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
Meaning & usage
Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
The man made a vehement display of contempt.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehemēns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from vē- (“lacking, too little”) + mēns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).
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