vehement

[vee-uh-muhnt] / ˈvi ə mənt /

ADJECTIVE

passionate, opinionated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angry ardent emphatic enthusiastic fervent fierce forceful furious heated impassioned potent rabid violent zealous

WEAK

concentrated delirious desperate eager earnest exquisite fervid fiery forcible frantic hearty hopped up hot hyper impetuous inflamed intense lively on the make powerful pronounced strong terrible vicious wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic calm cool dispassionate gentle happy impotent indifferent ineffective lethargic meek mild moderate peaceful pleased unenthusiastic unexcited weak

WEAK

unpassionate

Example Sentences

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Some of their children, including a nephew who is now in France, have become vehement critics.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

The times, then and now, the book implies, call for vehement exhortation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

He doubled down in the face of the South African government's vehement rebuttal and signed an executive order last Friday freezing aid.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025

But online, this declaration of heroism was quickly complicated by vehement backlish.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024

“Why?” she demanded belligerently, her mouth curling suddenly into a vehement sneer and her eyes flashing with anger.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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