Synonyms for Violent
ˈvaɪ ə ləntvi·o·lent

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1. violentadjective

   Antonyms:
   peaceful

2. violentadjective

   A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.

   Antonyms:
   peaceful

3. violentadjective

   We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if needed.

   Antonyms:
   peaceful

4. violentadjective

   The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.

   Antonyms:
   peaceful

5. violentadjective

   The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.

   Antonyms:
   peaceful

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1. violent

   Fierce signifies having a furious and cruel nature, or being in a furious and cruel mood, more commonly the latter. It applies to that which is now intensely excited, or liable to intense and sudden excitement. Ferocious refers to a state or disposition; that which is fierce flashes or blazes; that which is ferocious steadily burns; we speak of a ferocious animal, a fierce passion. A fiery spirit with a good disposition is quickly excitable in a good cause, but may not be fierce or ferocious. Savage signifies untrained, uncultivated. Ferocious always denotes a tendency to violence; it is more distinctly bloodthirsty than the other words; a person may be deeply, intensely cruel, and not at all ferocious; a ferocious countenance expresses habitual ferocity; a fierce countenance may express habitual fierceness, or only the sudden anger of the moment. That which is wild is simply unrestrained; the word may imply no anger or harshness; as, wild delight, wild alarm.

   Synonyms:
   ferocious, fierce, fiery, furious, impetuous, raging, savage, uncultivated, untrained, wild

   Antonyms:
   affectionate, docile, gentle, harmless, kind, mild, patient, peaceful, submissive, sweet, tame, tender

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1. violent

   Synonyms:
   vehement, raving, furious, forcible, outrageous, raging, passionate

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1. violentadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   fierce, trigger-happy, red, crimson, vehement, tearing, wild

   Antonyms:
   bloodless, natural, passive, mild, peaceful, nonviolent

2. violentadjective

   effected by force or injury rather than natural causes

   "a violent death"

   Synonyms:
   fierce, trigger-happy, red, crimson, vehement, tearing, wild

   Antonyms:
   bloodless, natural, mild, peaceful, nonviolent, passive

3. violent, wildadjective

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   unfounded, trigger-happy, dotty, uncivilised, savage, red, angry, crimson, barbarian, tempestuous, furious, risky, violent, idle, fierce, waste, hazardous, vehement, fantastic, raving mad, raging, groundless, tearing, barbaric, gaga, crazy, godforsaken, untamed, baseless, uncivilized, wild, unwarranted

   Antonyms:
   natural, peaceful, passive, mild, nonviolent, bloodless

4. fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happyadjective

   marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

   "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"

   Synonyms:
   red, wild, crimson, vehement, violent, fierce, savage, bowelless, furious, trigger-happy, cutthroat, boisterous, rough, ferocious, tearing

   Antonyms:
   mild, natural, bloodless, passive, nonviolent, peaceful

5. crimson, red, violentadjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   ruby, wild, fierce, cherry-red, scarlet, reddish, red-faced, tearing, violent, flushed, blood-red, reddened, trigger-happy, carmine, vehement, cerise, ruddy, crimson, cherry, red, ruby-red

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, mild, natural, passive, bloodless, peaceful

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1. aggressiveadjective

   ready or likely to attack or confront; hostile.

   his aggressive pursuit invoked fear in the pig.

   Submitted by gboppart on March 31, 2022  

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1. violentadjective

   Synonyms:
   boisterous, furious, impetuous, vehement

2. violentadjective

   Synonyms:
   fierce, fiery, fuming, raging, ungovernable, infuriate, passionate, high, hot

3. violentadjective

   Synonyms:
   unnatural, effected by force, unlawful

4. violentadjective

   Synonyms:
   unjust, outrageous

5. violentadjective

   Synonyms:
   sharp, severe, acute, poignant, intense, exquisite, pungent

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1. violentadjective

   Synonyms:
   passionate, vehement, impetuous, fierce, impotent, ungovernable, outrageous, poignant, severe

   Antonyms:
   mild

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1. List of paraphrases for "violent":

   violence, fierce, brutal, violate, severe, abusive, heavy, vicious, intense

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How to use Violent in a sentence?

1. Christopher Pyne:

   Now, democracy should be robust but it certainly shouldn't be violent, and I think the Donald Trump phenomenon is a real problem for the United States, making their democracy look kind of weird.

2. Tom Steyer:

   What Donald Trump has done is create an atmosphere that condones violence, that actually incites people's most emotional and violent feelings and creates an atmosphere where people feel free to live out... that kind of behavior and those kinds of feelings.

3. Hugo Castro:

   If you go to the canal you see a bunch of homemade floatation devices. It's such a violent gamble, and people are consistently willing to do it. a tanker truck pulled up that evening and started spraying water on the road.

4. Lori Lightfoot:

   If those agents are here to actually work in partnership and support of gun violence and violent cases, plugging into existing infrastructure of federal agents, not trying to play police in our streets, then that's something different, but the proof is going to be in the pudding. It's too soon to say if this is a value add or not.

5. Adam Schiff:

   January 6 will be remembered as one of the darkest days in our nation's history. Yet, more than a year later, the threat to our democracy is as grave as ever. January 6 was not a day in isolation, but the violent culmination of multiple efforts to overturn the last presidential election and interfere with the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in our history, the former President and his allies have spent every day since January 6 attempting to rewrite history about that bloody attack on our nation's Capitol. That's why these public hearings are so essential -- to show the American people exactly how January 6 came about, who is responsible, and most critically, what we can and must do to prevent another attack on our democracy.