Dictionary Entry
violent
violent is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.
- 3adjective
Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
- 4noun
An assailant.
- 5transitive verb
To urge with violence.
- 6intransitive verb
To be violent; to act violently.
- 7adjective
characterized by violence or bloodshed- Andrea Parke- Thomas Gray- Hudson Strode
"writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"
"fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"
- 8adjective
marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
"fierce loyalty"
"in a tearing rage"
- 9adjective
(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
"a violent clash of colors"
"her dress was a violent red"
Synonyms
- 10adjective
effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
"a violent death"
- 11adjective
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
"a violent attack"
"a violent person"
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