adjadj.allacting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensityExamples:- a violent attack
- a violent person
- violent feelings
- a violent rage
- felt a violent dislike
Antonyms:nonviolent
Derivationally Related Form:violence
Inherited Hypernyms:violent
Similar to:convulsive ferocious fierce furious savage hot raging knock-down-and-drag-out knockdown-dragout lashing lurid rampageous ruffianly tough slam-bang
See also:hostile unpeaceful
adj satadj.alleffected by force or injury rather than natural causesAntonyms:natural
Derivationally Related Form:violence
Inherited Hypernyms:violent
Similar to:unnatural
adj satadj.all(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loudSynset:wild
Examples:- a violent clash of colors
- her dress was a violent red
- a violent noise
- wild colors
- wild shouts
Antonyms:mild
Derivationally Related Form:wildness
Inherited Hypernyms:violent
Similar to:intense
adj satadj.allmarked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervidSynset:fierce tearing trigger-happy vehement
Examples:- fierce loyalty
- in a tearing rage
- vehement dislike
- violent passions
Antonyms:mild
Derivationally Related Form:fierceness
Inherited Hypernyms:fierce
Similar to:intense
adj satadj.allcharacterized by violence or bloodshedSynset:crimson red
Examples:- writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days - Andrea Parke
- fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing - Thomas Gray
- convulsed with red rage - Hudson Strode
Antonyms:bloodless
Derivationally Related Form:violence
Inherited Hypernyms:crimson
Similar to:bloody