vehemency

NOUN

intensity

Synonyms

WEAK

acuteness anxiety ardor concentration deepness depth earnestness emotion emphasis energy excess excitement extreme extremity fanaticism ferment ferociousness ferocity fervency fervor fierceness fire force forcefulness fury high pitch intenseness keenness magnitude might nervousness pitch potency power severity sharpness strain strength tenseness tension vehemence vigor violence volume weightiness wildness

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Hereupon the dumb fellow sneezeth with an impetuous vehemency and huge concussion of the spirits of the whole body, withdrawing himself in so doing with a jerking turn towards the left hand.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

For there is no suitable proportion between the worth of the thing and the vehemency of the spirit.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Then they called him with exceeding great vehemency, all of them, one and another.

From Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Rowlandson, Mary White

In his very sense, with the same vehemency, and to the same extent, they were all Anti- Tolerationists.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

Peter had sought and found, and thought himself well, so that he answers Christ with great vehemency, when he said unto his disciples, “Will ye also leave me?”

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

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