VIOLENT

crimson, red, violent

(adjective) characterized by violence or bloodshed; “writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days”- Andrea Parke; “fann’d by Conquest’s crimson wing”- Thomas Gray; “convulsed with red rage”- Hudson Strode

fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy

(adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; “fierce loyalty”; “in a tearing rage”; “vehement dislike”; “violent passions”

violent, wild

(adjective) (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; “a violent clash of colors”; “her dress was a violent red”; “a violent noise”; “wild colors”; “wild shouts”

violent

(adjective) effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; “a violent death”

violent

(adjective) acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; “a violent attack”; “a violent person”; “violent feelings”; “a violent rage”; “felt a violent dislike”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

violent (comparative violenter or more violent, superlative violentest or most violent)

Involving extreme force or motion.

Involving physical conflict.

Likely to use physical force.

Intensely vivid.

(obsolete) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.

Antonyms

• peaceful

Verb

violent (third-person singular simple present violents, present participle violenting, simple past and past participle violented)

(transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.

Noun

violent (plural violents)

(obsolete) An assailant.

Anagrams

• LOVEINT

Source: Wiktionary

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Vi"o*lent, a. Etym: [F., from L. violentus, from vis strength, force; probably akin to Gr.

1. Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease. Float upon a wild and violent sea. Shak. A violent cross wind from either coast. Milton.

2. Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech. To bring forth more violent deeds. Milton. Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life. Shak.

3. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal. These violent delights have violent ends. Shak. No violent state can be perpetual. T. Burnet. Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. Milton. Violent presumption (Law), presumption of a fact that arises from proof of circumstances which necessarily attend such facts.

– Violent profits (Scots Law), rents or profits of an estate obtained by a tenant wrongfully holding over after warning. They are recoverable in a process of removing.

Syn.

– Fierce; vehement; outrageous; boisterous; turbulent; impetuous; passionate; severe; extreme.

Vi"o*lent, n.

Definition: An assailant. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Vi"o*lent, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. violenter.]

Definition: To urge with violence. [Obs.] Fuller.

Vi"o*lent, v. i.

Definition: To be violent; to act violently. [Obs.] The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste, An violenteth in a sense as strong As that which causeth it. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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