Vehemence: alternatives and connections

The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

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The quality or state of being intensive; intensity.

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The state or quality of being savage.

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The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

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Alt. of Emphatical

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Alt. of Emphatical

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Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.

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Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.

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A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to im…

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Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.

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A thief.

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The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.

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The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; dis…

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