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vehement
/ˈviəmənt/
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VEE-uh-munt: stress VEE.
The h is absent here. Another pronunciation has an h and second-syllable stress.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She expressed vehement opposition to the plan.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does vehement mean?
adjective
- Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
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/ˈviəmənt/
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The author protests, in vehement language, against those Hellenists who, misled by their polytheistic associations, would elevate Jesus into a god.
He would naturally say to himself, it is impossible that all this vehement and pathetic declamation can be without some colorable pretext.
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She was too vehement to notice her mother’s condition—she was on her feet again, and back with Mr. Godfrey, in an instant.
Andy looked up innocently at Sam, surprised at hearing this new geographical fact, but instantly confirmed what he said, by a vehement reiteration.
Aristotle says, that sows of lead will melt and run with cold and the rigour of winter just as with a vehement heat.