vehemence

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun intensity or forcefulness of expression
  2. noun the property of being wild or turbulent

Etymology

From Middle English vehemens, vemance, from Old French vëemence, vehemence, from Latin vehementia (“eagerness, strength”), from vehemens (“eager”).

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Synonyms

emphasis

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