vehement.

Expressing feeling or conviction with intense force.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a vehement denial
• vehement opposition

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Her vehement denial startled the listeners who expected an apology.

Vehement opposition followed the proposal before the reasons for it were explained.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more vehement; superlative most vehement where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.