vehemence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vehemence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vehemence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vehemence n intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights" Synonym(s): vehemence, emphasis the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" Synonym(s): ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vehemence \Ve"hemence\, n. [L. vehementia: cf. F. v[82]h[82]mence.] 1. The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence. 2. Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence* of love, anger, or other passions. I . . . tremble at his vehemence of temper. --Addison.