vehement

Modifies a noun

• denial: Whatever the reason for this vehement denial of any search or signal, there is no doubt that no message has been received.
• opposition: Richard Ingrams of the Observer wrote " There are many explanations for the vehement opposition to Rev Blair, which grows daily.
• opponent: The 2nd Marquis became the 1st Duke and was a vehement opponent of the Union of 1707.
• protest: Despite vehement protests from United players, the match continued, with Mottram refusing demands to consult his linesman.
• criticism: The most vehement criticism will be about something you did not say.
• desire: We found her full of triumph, and vehement desires to be dissolved, and to be with Christ.

Modifying Another Word

• particularly: The veterans have been particularly vehement about the hypocrisy of successive British governments.
• so: This is why he was so vehement in his attack of the religious leaders.
• very: I must confine myself here to underscoring the two salient points of the debates which were very vehement at times.
• equally: The Nationalists under Fenech-Adami were strongly in favor; the Labor party was an equally vehement opponent.
• especially: Parliament showed itself especially vehement in the cause and promised faithfully they would fully support her financially.
• quite: As Lionel Robbins shows, all the major Classical Economists were quite vehement in their denunciation of laissez faire as an abstract standard.

Used with adjective complement

• become: In later years, the condemnation of these women became somewhat more vehement.
• remain: His move is unlikely to appease the fans, who remain vehement in their determination to force Petty out as chairman.