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# vehement

«vehement» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **showing very strong feeling, especially when arguing or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (vehement)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Vehement means showing very strong feeling, especially when arguing or disagreeing: «a vehement protest». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vehement/#m1)

2) A vehement person speaks or acts with great force and passion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vehement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news and history, people make vehement protests or denials. In stories, a vehement character argues angrily or passionately. In everyday speech people say «strong», «fierce» or «furious». Phrases: «vehement protest», «vehement denial», «vehement opposition».

### examples

- She was vehement that she had not broken the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vehement/#x1)
- There was vehement opposition to closing the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vehement/#x2)
- The two teams argued in vehement voices about the penalty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vehement/#x3)
- His denial was so vehement that we believed him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vehement/#x4)
- The villagers made a vehement protest against the new road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vehement/#x5)
- My little brother is vehement that broccoli is poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vehement/#x6)

### note

Say «VEE-uh-ment»; the «h» is silent. Adverb: vehemently («she vehemently denied it»). Noun: vehemence. It is about the strength of feeling, not about being right.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vehement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vehement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.