vehement
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
|
2009
|
© The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
ve·he·ment / ˈvēəmənt/ • adj. showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense: her voice was low but vehement vehement criticism.
DERIVATIVES: ve·he·mence n.ve·he·ment·ly adv.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
I've been to a place. (Our Own Pages).(Poem)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 10/1/2002; ; 49 words
; I've been to a place where dragons live, with aliens as green as grass, and where bugs are giants looking...You can also go back in time. You can go anywhere, any place, any time. Does anyone know where I've been A library. Tyler Wozniak, Age 9 New York
Read more
|
|
Foxy lady.(WE'VE GOT MAIL!)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Girls' Life; 8/1/2005; ; 41 words
; Thank you so much for Love your Bod! [J/J '05]. I've always been self-conscious about my body. If I found one flaw, I thought everybody who passed by was staring at it. But I realize I was wrong! Thank you for helping me and everyone else who felt that way. --Amber
Read more
|
|
You've been appointed U.S. secretary of energy.(Newsmakers)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 11/11/2005; 30 words
; You've been appointed U.S. secretary of energy. Your job is to develop an energy policy that best protects the U.S. economy. To prepare for a Cabinet meeting, list three actions you would take.
Read more
|
|
Percentage of employers who say they've had an office romance: 58.(Figuratively Speaking)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Business North Carolina; 4/1/2004; ; 39 words
; Percentage of employers who say they've had an office romance: 58. Of employees: 44. Who say no one knew about it: 24. Who say, though they told no one, everybody at work knew: 20. --Compiled by John MacIntyre For sources, go to www.businessnc.com.
Read more
|
|
India sunset review final ruling on VE.(M & A, Business & Trade)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 4/16/2009; 51 words
; ...March 5th a sunset review final ruling on vitamin E (VE) originated from China. The lowest VE price is set US$25.52 per kilogram for Chinese exporters. India had conducted the antidumping measure on VE from China for five years starting August 2003 and...
Read more
|
|
|
So much for Christmukkah.(We've Got Mail!)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Girls' Life; 2/1/2005; ; 53 words
; ...along with those who don't celebrate Christmas. I'm Muslim, and we have many holidays for which we get together with family and friends, pray, and exchange presents. As one of the largest religions in the world, Islam should've been mentioned. --Sarah
Read more
|
|
I've never had a newspaper person violate my confidence.
Magazine article from: New Hampshire Business Review; 9/28/2007; 30 words
; I've never had a newspaper person violate my confidence. That's because I never confided in one. --Ted Sorensen, a former adviser to President Kennedy--in New Hampshire to stump for Barack Obama.
Read more
|
|
What we've done in higher education.(SOUND BITE)(Quotation)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: University Business; 12/1/2008; ; 30 words
; 'What we've done in higher education is let our dreams and aspirations dictate our cost structure.' --Robert J. Masso, vice president for enrollment and student life, Dickinson College (Pa.).
Read more
|
|
"I've met with foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly," said Kerry at a recent fundraiser, "but, boy, they look at you and say, 'You've got to win this.(The Week)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Review; 4/5/2004; 103 words
; * I've met with foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, said Kerry at a recent fundraiser, but, boy, they look at you and say, 'You've got to win this. You've got to beat this guy. We need a new policy.' Things like that. The flap...
Read more
|
|
|
Sent from a smarty.(LETTERS: WE'VE GOT MAIL)(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Girls' Life; 12/1/2007; 36 words
; I was upset to see the words Polish for Dummies [Beauty Trend, O/N '07]. I've been on the honor roll every quarter, but I can't paint my nails at all. Your magazine shouldn't call girls dumb, even if it is meant lightly.--A reader
Read more
|
|
Vehement Painting
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Vehement Painting. See NEO-EXPRESSIONISM .
Read more
|
|
vehement
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
vehement intense, severe; very forcible. XV. — (O)F. véhément or L. vehemēns , -ent- impetuous, violent, perh. for * vēmēns ‘deprived of mind’, alt. by assoc. with vehere carry. So vehemence XVI. — F. — L.
Read more
|
|
|
Neo-Expressionism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Neo-Expressionism (also known as Energism ; New Fauvism ; Vehement Painting , Violent Painting , or Wild Painting ; in France as Figuration Libre , in Italy as the Transavant-garde ). Movement in...
Read more
|
|
roundly
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
round·ly / ˈroundlē / • adv. 1. in a vehement or emphatic manner: the latest attacks have been roundly condemned by campaigners for peace. ∎ so thoroughly as to...
Read more
|
|
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Kirchner The German expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) sought to give form to subjective impressions through vehement renderings of nature, tempered by an emphasis on compositional structure that constantly increased in significance as he matured...
Read more
|
