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Is vehement a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vehement is a Scrabble US word. The word vehement is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is vehement a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vehement is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

V4E1H4E1M3E1N1T1

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8-letter words (1 found)

VEHEMENT,

6-letter words (4 found)

ETHENE,HETMEN,MENTEE,TEMENE,

5-letter words (6 found)

EEVEN,ETHNE,EVENT,TEENE,THEME,VEHME,

4-letter words (26 found)

EEVN,ETEN,ETHE,EVEN,EVET,HEME,HENT,HETE,MEET,MENE,MENT,METE,METH,MEVE,NEEM,NETE,NEVE,TEEM,TEEN,TEME,TENE,THEE,THEM,THEN,VEHM,VENT,

3-letter words (20 found)

EEN,EME,ENE,ETH,EVE,HEM,HEN,HET,MEE,MEH,MEN,MET,NEE,NET,NTH,TEE,TEN,THE,VEE,VET,

2-letter words (10 found)

EE,EH,EM,EN,ET,HE,HM,ME,NE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 68 words from vehement according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vehement

vehement

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehemēns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from vē- (“prefix meaning ‘lacking, too little’”) + mēns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈviː.ə.mənt/, /ˈvɪə.mənt/, /ˈviː.hə.mənt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈviː.hə.mənt/, /ˈviː.ə.mənt/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧he‧ment

Adjective

vehement (comparative more vehement, superlative most vehement)

  1. Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.

Synonyms

  • full-throated
  • swith (obsolete or dialectal)

Related terms

  • vehemence
  • vehemently

Translations

Further reading

  • “vehement”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “vehement”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “vehement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehementem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [bə.əˈmen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [və.əˈment]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ve.eˈment]

Adjective

vehement m or f (masculine and feminine plural vehements)

  1. vehement

Derived terms

  • vehementment

Related terms

  • vehemència

Further reading

  • “vehement” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Etymology

Ca. 1700, from Latin vehemens, vehementis, in part through French véhément.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (careful) /ˌveːheˈmɛnt/, (usual) /ˌveːəˈmɛnt/

Adjective

vehement (strong nominative masculine singular vehementer, comparative vehementer, superlative am vehementesten)

  1. vehement
    Synonyms: nachdrücklich, heftig, scharf, leidenschaftlich

Declension

Related terms

  • Vehemenz

Further reading

  • “vehement” in Duden online
  • “vehement” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French véhément, from Latin vehemens.

Adjective

vehement m or n (feminine singular vehementă, masculine plural vehemenți, feminine and neuter plural vehemente)

  1. vehement

Declension


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