violent
English
/ˈvaɪ(ə)lənt/
adj
Definitions
- Involving extreme force or motion.
- Involving physical conflict.
- Likely to use physical force.
- Intensely vivid.
- Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English violent derived from Old French violent derived from Latin violentus.
Origin
Latin
violentus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiviolent English
- hyperviolent English
- non-violent English
- nonviolent English
- nonviolently English
- overviolent English
- proviolent English
- superviolent English
- ultraviolent English
- violently English
- violentness English
- violentus Latin
- vīs Latin
- violento Italian
- violemment French
- violent French
- violentamente Spanish, Castilian
- violento Spanish, Castilian
- violentísimo Spanish, Castilian
- violento Portuguese
- violent Middle English
- violently Middle English
- violent Old French
- violent Catalan, Valencian
- violento Galician
- violent Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bayolente Tagalog
- violent Occitan
- violentu Asturian
- biolento Mirandese