violent

Adjective
Synonyms: wildfiercetearingvehementtrigger-happycrimsonred

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (5)

  1. 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”
  2. effected by force or injury rather than natural causes“a violent death”
  3. (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. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid“fierce loyalty”“in a tearing rage”“vehement dislike”“violent passions”Synonyms: fiercetearingvehementtrigger-happy
  5. 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”Synonyms: crimsonred
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Violent \Vi"o*lent\, a. [F., from L. violentus, from vis strength, force; probably akin to Gr. ? a muscle, strength.]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

Float upon a wild and violent sea.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
A violent cross wind from either coast.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech. [1913 Webster]

To bring forth more violent deeds.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Some violent hands were laid on Humphrey's life.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal. [1913 Webster]

These violent delights have violent ends.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
No violent state can be perpetual.— T. Burnet.[1913 Webster]
Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Violent presumption (Law), presumption of a fact that arises from proof of circumstances which necessarily attend such facts.

Violent profits (Scots Law), rents or profits of an estate obtained by a tenant wrongfully holding over after warning. They are recoverable in a process of removing. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Fierce; vehement; outrageous; boisterous; turbulent; impetuous; passionate; severe; extreme. [1913 Webster]

Violent \Vi"o*lent\, n. An assailant. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
Violent \Vi"o*lent\, v. t. [Cf. F. violenter.] To urge with violence. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Violent \Vi"o*lent\, v. i. To be violent; to act violently. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste, And violenteth in a sense as strong As that which causeth it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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