violent synonyms
violent
modif.
Showing power
strong, powerful, forceful, forcible, rough, mighty, great, potent, coercive; see also sense 2.Showing strong emotions
furious, mad, savage, fierce, passionate, splitting, vehement, frenzied, demonic, demoniac, frantic, fuming, enraged, disturbed, agitated, impassioned, impetuous, urgent, maddened, aroused, inflamed, distraught, infatuated, hysterical, blue in the face*. Antonyms
calm*, appeased, quieted. Intense
Characterized by the use of violence
destructive, destructible, murderous, homicidal, brutal, rampageous. Antonyms
expected*, deliberate*, awaited. Harsh
Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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