violently

vi·o·lent

 (vī′ə-lənt)

adj.

1.

a. Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force: a violent car crash; a violent attack.

b. Characterized by or displaying physical violence: a violent past; a violent movie.

c. Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes: a violent death.

d. Given to physical violence: a violent criminal.

2.

a. Very forceful: the violent tossing of the ship by the waves; a violent squall.

b. Intense or extreme, especially in emotion: violent anger.

c. Characterized by extreme emotion, especially anger: a violent argument.

3. Vivid, as in brightness or saturation: violent colors.

4. Tending to distort meaning or intent: a violent interpretation of a text.

---

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin violentus, from vīs, vi-, force; see weiə- in Indo-European roots.]

---

vi′o·lent·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

violently - in a violent manner; "they attacked violently" nonviolently - without violence; "the government was overthrown nonviolently, but the dictator was killed"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Translations

بِعُنْف

násilně

kraftigt

heftig

βίαια

violentamente

violemment

erőszakosan

ofsalega

violentemente

násilne

nasilno

şiddetle

强烈地

violently

[ˈvaɪələntlɪ] ADV [act] → con violencia, de manera violenta; [tremble] → violentamente; [brake] → bruscamente
she shook the child violently → sacudió al niño con violencia
to die violently → morir violentamente
to react violently to sth → reaccionar violentamente or con violencia ante algo
to fall violently in love with sb → enamorarse perdidamente de algn
to be violently opposed to sth → oponerse radicalmente a algo
he is violently anti-Communist → es un anticomunista furibundo
to be violently sick → vomitar mucho

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

violently

[ˈvaɪələntli] adv

[attack, assault, push, struggle] → violemment
to die violently → mourir de mort violente

[shake, shudder, tremble, cough] → violemment

[react] → violemment
to be violently opposed to sth → être violemment opposé(e) à qch

[ill] → terriblement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

violently

adv

(= brutally) kick, beat, attack, react, act → brutal; to die violently → eines gewaltsamen Todes sterben

(= forcefully) push, fling, hurl → kräftig; tremble, shake, shudder → heftig; swerve, brake → abrupt

(= dramatically) red and pink clash violently → Rot und Rosa beißen sich; they have quite violently opposed temperaments → sie haben völlig unvereinbare Temperamente

(= vehemently) speak → heftig, leidenschaftlich; disagree → scharf; they are violently anti-communist → sie sind militante Antikommunisten; to be violently against something or opposed to something → ein scharfer Gegner/eine scharfe Gegnerin einer Sache (gen) → sein; he expresses himself rather violently → er drückt sich sehr krass aus

(= intensely) blush → tief, heftig; fall in love → unsterblich; to be violently ill or sick → sich furchtbar übergeben; he was violently angry → er war außer sich (dat) → vor Wut; to retch/cough violently → gewaltig würgen/husten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

violently

[ˈvaɪələntlɪ] adv (attack, react) → in modo violento, violentemente; (severely, sick, angry) → terribilmente
to fall violently in love with sb → innamorarsi follemente di qn

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

violent

(ˈvaiələnt) adjective

1. having, using, or showing, great force. There was a violent storm at sea; a violent earthquake; He has a violent temper. onstuimig, kragtig عَنيف، قاسٍ жесток violento prudký heftig kraftig; voldsom βίαιος, σφοδρόςviolento äge شدید؛ سخت ankara violentאלים हिंसात्मक divlji, nasilan heves kuat, kasar ofsalegur violento 激しい 격렬한 siautėjantis, smarkus, ūmus spēcīgs; stiprs kuat; bergelora; ganas; kasar woestvoldsom, voldeliggwałtowny زورور، سخت: له بريده وتلى، پارېدلى: غير طبيعي (لكه مړينه): تاوند، توند violento violent сильный; неистовый prudký silovit snažan våldsam รุนแรง şiddetli, kırıcı, haşin 強烈的 сильний; шалений سخت، زوردار hung dữ 强烈的

2. caused by force. a violent death. gewelddadig بِسبَب العُنْف насилствен violento násilný gewaltsam voldsom βίαιοςviolento vägivaldne خشونت آمیز؛ خشن väkivaltainen violentאלים बल के कारण हुई कोई चीज nasilan erőszakos karena kekerasan ofbeldisfullur violento 暴力による 폭력으로 인한 smurtinis varmācīgs dibunuh gewelddadigvoldsomgwałtowny سخت violento violent насильственный násilný nasilen nasilan våldsam ที่มีสาเหตุจากความรุนแรง fecî, trajik 殘暴的，暴力所致的 насильний, насильницький پرتشدد hung dữ 由暴力引起的

ˈviolently adverb

gewelddadig بِعُنْف жестоко violentamente násilně heftig kraftigt; voldsomt βίαιαviolentamente vägivaldselt با خشونت väkivaltaisesti violemment בְּאַלִימוּת बलपूर्वक, ज़बरदस्ती nasilno erőszakosan, hevesen dengan kuat ofsalega violentemente 激しく 난폭하게 smarkiai, labai spēcīgi; stipri; varmācīgi dgn ganas woest, gewelddadigvoldsomt, heftig, voldelig gwałtownie په زور، په زياتي، په توندي، په جبر، په تاو violentamente (în mod) violent, cu vio­len­ţă сильно; неистово prudko, ostro silovito nasilno våldsamt อย่างรุนแรง şiddetle 強烈地，殘暴地 сильно, дуже شدت سے hung dữ 强烈地

ˈviolence noun

great roughness and force, often causing severe physical injury or damage. I was amazed at the violence of his temper; She was terrified by the violence of the storm. geweld عُنْف жестокост violência prudkost die Heftigkeit voldsomhed βία, βιαιότητα, σφοδρότηταviolencia ägedus, vägivaldsus شدت väkivalta violenceאלימות हिंसा, प्रचंडता, प्रबलता nasilje erőszak kekerasan ofbeldi, ofsi violenza 激しさ 폭력 stiprumas, jėga, siautėjimas, smurtas spēks; niknums; vardarbība keganasan geweldvold, brutalitetgwałtowność, przemoc زور، قوت، تشدد، اجبار: تيرى، سپكاوى: سختي، توندي، پارېدنه: تاو violência vio­lenţă неистовство násilie, hrubosť, prudkosť, sila silovitost nasilje våld, våldsamhet ความรุนแรง şiddet 猛烈，暴力 несамовитість, шаленість تشدد sự hung dữ 暴力，猛烈，强烈

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.