violent
Meaning of violent
adjective
- using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
a violent confrontation with riot police
- (especially of an emotion or a destructive natural force) very strong or powerful.
violent dislike
the violent eruption killed 1,700 people
Middle English (in the sense ‘having a marked or powerful effect’): via Old French from Latin violent- ‘vehement, violent’.
Information about violent
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of violent is: violents.
- Languages in which violent is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of violent
vi-o-lent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- violent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
violent synonyms
Meaning wild:
Meaning fierce:
Meaning crimson:
Meaning savagely violent:
Meaning deliberately cruel or violent:
Meaning cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile:
Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:
Meaning having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level:
Meaning ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression:
Meaning seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable):
Meaning having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner:
Meaning create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror:
Meaning having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate:
Meaning having or showing a desire to kill and maim:
Meaning savagely fierce, cruel, or violent:
Meaning out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied:
Meaning wildly excited or uncontrolled:
Meaning extremely brutal:
Meaning savagely cruel:
Meaning characterized by violent behaviour:
Meaning capable of or tending towards murder; murderous:
Meaning capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent:
Meaning exhibiting extremely wild or violent behaviour:
Meaning having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something:
Meaning lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric:
Meaning displaying a complete lack of feeling or consideration:
Meaning showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others:
Meaning having or showing no pity or compassion for others:
Meaning showing no mercy:
Meaning showing no pity; cruel:
Meaning wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it:
Meaning wild, crazy, or violent:
Meaning having great power or strength:
Meaning strong and assertive; vigorous and powerful:
Meaning done with a great deal of force or strength:
Meaning producing a sudden, piercing physical sensation or effect:
Meaning (of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed:
Meaning having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks:
Meaning strong, healthy, and full of energy:
Meaning (of an action) performed with or requiring great strength:
Meaning done with vigour or force:
Meaning relating to or resembling thunder:
Meaning causing great and irreparable damage:
Meaning causing physical damage:
Meaning (of a part of the body) affected with pain:
Meaning sufficient to cause death:
Meaning causing or able to cause death:
Meaning causing death:
Meaning (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death:
Meaning of extreme force, degree, or strength:
Meaning reaching a high or the highest degree; very great:
Meaning of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average:
Meaning continuing with great force or intensity:
Meaning marked by or involving public disorder:
Meaning (especially of a large group of people) move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable manner:
Meaning unrestrained in action or performance:
Meaning full of angry or violent outbursts of feeling:
Meaning characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion:
Meaning characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not stable or calm:
Meaning excited, confused, or disorderly:
Meaning not controlled:
Meaning not restrained or restricted:
Meaning not restrained or kept in check:
Meaning (especially of something undesirable) not controlled or restrained:
Meaning uncontrolled; unconstrained:
Meaning unrestrained or uninhibited:
Meaning not controllable:
Meaning difficult or impossible to manage, manipulate, or control:
Meaning impossible to control or govern:
Meaning unusually or disproportionately large; excessive:
Meaning more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate:
Meaning (of a feeling) completely filling one's mind and attention; absorbing:
Meaning having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs:
Meaning very great in amount:
Meaning not sensible or restrained; excessive:
violent antonyms
Meaning having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character:
Meaning lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy:
Meaning not severe, serious, or harsh:
Translation of violent
- German: heftig
- French: violent, tempétueux
- Italian: violento
- Portuguese: violento
- Spanish: violento, violenta, tempestuoso
Anagrams of violent
Words that rhyme with violent
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