a. | 1. | Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; | ||||||
2. | Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; | |||||||
3. | Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
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n. | 1. | An assailant. | ||||||
v. t. | 1. | To urge with violence. | ||||||
v. i. | 1. | To be violent; to act violently. |
Adj. | 1. | violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike" Antonyms: nonviolent - abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence |
2. | violent - effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; "a violent death" | |
3. | violent - (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts" Synonyms: wild | |
4. | violent - marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" | |
5. | violent - characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode |