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violent
Overview of adj violent
The adj violent has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (9) 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")
2. (1) violent -- (effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; "a violent death")
3. (1) violent, wild -- ((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")
4. fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy -- (marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions")
5. crimson, red, 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)
Grep of noun violent
violent death
violent disorder
violent storm
violent stream
Antonyms of adj violent
5 senses of violent
Sense 1
violent (vs. nonviolent)
nonviolent (vs. violent)
=> passive, peaceful
Sense 2
violent
INDIRECT (VIA unnatural) -> natural
Sense 3
violent, wild
INDIRECT (VIA intense) -> mild
Sense 4
fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy
INDIRECT (VIA intense) -> mild
Sense 5
crimson, red, violent
INDIRECT (VIA bloody) -> bloodless
Similarity of adj violent
5 senses of violent
Sense 1
violent (vs. nonviolent)
=> convulsive
=> ferocious, fierce, furious, savage
=> hot, raging
=> knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out
=> lashing
=> lurid
=> rampageous
=> ruffianly, tough
=> slam-bang
=> terrorist
Also See> hostile#1; unpeaceful#1
Sense 2
violent
=> unnatural (vs. natural)
Sense 3
violent, wild
=> intense (vs. mild)
Sense 4
fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy
=> intense (vs. mild)
Sense 5
crimson, red, violent
=> bloody (vs. bloodless)
Pertainyms of adj violent
Attributes of adj violent
Domain of adj violent
Domain Terms of adj violent
Familiarity of adj violent
violent used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj violent
nonviolent
violent
Grep of adv violent
violently
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