Associations to the word «Vehemence»

Wiktionary

VEHEMENCE, noun. An intense concentration, force or power.
VEHEMENCE, noun. A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.
VEHEMENCE, noun. Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.

Dictionary definition

VEHEMENCE, noun. Intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights".
VEHEMENCE, noun. The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats