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violent [vahy-uh-luhnt] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
violent [vahy-uh-luhnt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: destructive
Synonyms: agitated, aroused, berserk, bloodthirsty, brutal, coercive, crazy, cruel, demoniac, desperate, distraught, disturbed, enraged, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, fuming, furious, great, headstrong, homicidal, hotheaded, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intemperate, mad, maddened, maniacal, mighty, murderous, passionate, potent, powerful, raging, riotous, rough, savage, strong, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, urgent, vehement, vicious, wild
Antonyms: gentle, passive, peaceful
Main Entry: acute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: severe, intense
Synonyms: cutting, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, keen, overpowering, overwhelming, piercing, poignant, powerful, racking, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing, sudden, violent
Notes: acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration
acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees
chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments
Main Entry: agonizing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: difficult and painful, suffering
Synonyms: disturbing, excruciating, extreme, fierce, harrowing, intense, racking, struggling, tearing, tormenting, tortuous, torturing, vehement, violent
Example Sentences
  • The mood was described as somber in places, and bordering on violent in others.
  • Birgeneau called on other protesters to condemn the actions of a violent few.
  • It's awful that there are so many violent protests happening right now.
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Main Entry: berserk
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: crazed
Synonyms: crazy, demented, deranged, insane, mad, maniacal, manic, violent
Main Entry: blind
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: uncontrolled
Synonyms: hasty, heedless, impetuous, inconsiderate, irrational, mindless, rash, reckless, senseless, shortsighted, thoughtless, unseeing, unthinking, violent, wild
Antonyms: controlled
Main Entry: blustery
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stormy
Synonyms: gusting, gusty, howling, inclement, raging, roaring, rough, tempestuous, turbulent, violent, wild, windy
Antonyms: calm, still
Main Entry: choppy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wavy
Synonyms: inclement, ripply, rough, uneven, violent, wild
Antonyms: calm, smooth
Main Entry: deadly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: causing end of life
Synonyms: baleful, baneful, bloodthirsty, bloody, cannibalistic, carcinogenic, cruel, dangerous, death-dealing, deathly, deleterious, destroying, destructive, fatal, grim, harmful, homicidal, injurious, internecine, killing, lethal, malignant, mortal, mortiferous, murderous, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, ruthless, savage, slaying, suicidal, toxic, unrelenting, venomous, violent, virulent
Antonyms: animating, energizing, harmless, healthful, healthy, invigorating, wholesome
Main Entry: demonic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: evil
Synonyms: aroused, bad, crazed, demoniac, demoniacal, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, fired, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, hellish, impious, infernal, insane, inspired, mad, maniacal, manic, possessed, satanic, serpentine, unhallowed, violent, wicked
Antonyms: angelic, godlike, good, moral
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