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

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.
3. adjective. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
4. noun. An assailant.
5. transitive verb. To urge with violence.
6. intransitive verb. To be violent; to act violently.
7. adjective. 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"

   Synonyms: crimson, red

8. adjective. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

   "fierce loyalty"

   "in a tearing rage"

   Synonyms: fierce, tearing, vehement

9. adjective. (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud

   "a violent clash of colors"

   "her dress was a violent red"

   Synonyms: wild

10. adjective. effected by force or injury rather than natural causes

    "a violent death"

11. adjective. acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity

    "a violent attack"

    "a violent person"

Synonyms

crimson, red, fierce, tearing, vehement, wild

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in violent:

volenti

Common word forms

violently, violentness

Words from these letters

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