ALL meanings of violent
vi·o·lent
V v - adjective violent acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake. 1
- adjective violent caused by injurious or destructive force: a violent death. 1
- adjective violent intense in force, effect, etc.; severe; extreme: violent pain; violent cold. 1
- adjective violent roughly or immoderately vehement or ardent: violent passions. 1
- adjective violent furious in impetuosity, energy, etc.: violent haste. 1
- adjective violent of, relating to, or constituting a distortion of meaning or fact. 1
- adjective violent nature, collision: forceful 1
- adjective violent person: physically abusive 1
- adjective violent speech, emotion: vehement 1
- adjective violent If someone is violent, or if they do something which is violent, they use physical force or weapons to hurt, injure, or kill other people. 0
- adjective violent A violent event happens suddenly and with great force. 0
- adjective violent If you describe something as violent, you mean that it is said, done, or felt very strongly. 0
- graded adjective violent Violent changes are extreme changes from one state to another. 0
- adjective violent A violent death is painful and unexpected, usually because the person who dies has been murdered. 0
- adjective violent A violent film or television programme contains a lot of scenes which show violence. 0
- graded adjective violent If you describe a colour as violent, you mean that it is extremely, and often unpleasantly, bright. 0
- graded adjective violent Violent weather is extremely stormy and windy. 0
- adjective violent marked or caused by great physical force or violence 0
- adjective violent (of a person) tending to the use of violence, esp in order to injure or intimidate others 0
- adjective violent marked by intensity of any kind 0
- adjective violent characterized by an undue use of force; severe; harsh 0
- adjective violent caused by or displaying strong or undue mental or emotional force 0
- adjective violent tending to distort the meaning or intent 0
- adjective violent acting with or characterized by great physical force, so as to injure, damage, or destroy 0
- adjective violent acting or characterized by force unlawfully or callously used 0
- adjective violent caused by violence 0
- adjective violent showing, or resulting from, strong feeling or emotion; vehement; furious 0
- adjective violent emotionally disturbed to an uncontrollable degree 0
- adjective violent extreme; intense; very strong 0
- adjective violent tending to distort the meaning 0
- noun violent (Obsolete (No longer in use)) An assailant. 0
- verb violent (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To urge with violence. 0
- adjective violent Involving extreme force or motion. 0
- adjective violent Involving physical conflict. 0
- adjective violent Likely to use physical force. 0
- adjective violent Intensely vivid. 0
- adjective violent (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural. 0