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violent
adjective as in destructive
Strongest matches
brutal, crazy, cruel, fierce, homicidal, hysterical, murderous, passionate, potent, powerful, savage, uncontrollable, vicious
Weak matches
agitated, aroused, berserk, bloodthirsty, coercive, demoniac, desperate, distraught, disturbed, enraged, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, fuming, furious, great, headstrong, hotheaded, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intemperate, mad, maddened, maniacal, mighty, raging, riotous, rough, strong, ungovernable, unrestrained, urgent, vehement, wild
adjective as in severe, extreme
Strongest matches
devastating, extreme, harsh, intense, outrageous, painful, potent, powerful, severe, terrible, turbulent
Weak matches
acute, agonizing, biting, blustery, coercive, concentrated, excruciating, exquisite, forceful, forcible, gale force, great, immoderate, inordinate, mighty, raging, rough, ruinous, sharp, strong, tempestuous, tumultuous, wild
Example Sentences
The Nigerian government has responded that "violent attacks affect families and communities across religious and ethnic lines".
The United Nations records more than 1,400 such violent incidents by Israelis this year, but its database is unreliable.
His attorney, Kellen Davis, said his client had no violent convictions and always complied with court orders “from the limited record he does have.”
After Pericles’ death from plague in 429 B.C., rhetorical and political authority is seized by Cleon, an upstart demagogue who is the “most violent person in Athens” and “the most persuasive.”
Although the perception lingers that violent crime is rampant in Los Angeles, statistically speaking murder is less common that it has been in decades.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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