Violent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity

effected by force or injury rather than natural causes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/vˈaɪələnt/

🇬🇧British English

/vˈaɪələnt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/vˈaɪələnt/

2 syllables Say it as /vˈaɪələnt/.

Examples

a violent attack
a violent person
violent feelings

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

red tearing trigger-happy fierce crimson vehement wild

Antonyms

nonviolent

Parts of Speech

adjective	acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity “a violent attack”
adjective	effected by force or injury rather than natural causes “a violent death”
adjective	(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud “a violent clash of colors”
adjective	marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid “fierce loyalty”
adjective	characterized by violence or bloodshed; - Andrea Parke; - Thomas Gray; - Hudson Strode “writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days”

Word Forms

violence	noun	the property of being wild or turbulent
wildness	noun	the property of being wild or turbulent
fierceness	noun	the property of being wild or turbulent

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gewalttätig

Handeln mit großer Kraft oder Energie oder emotionaler Intensität oder gekennzeichnet durch oder als Folge davon

🇪🇸Spanish

violento

actuando con o marcado por o como resultado de gran fuerza o energía o intensidad emocional

🇮🇹Italian

violento

agire con, segnato da o derivante da grande forza, energia o intensità emotiva

🇳🇱Dutch

gewelddadig

handelen met, gekenmerkt door of voortvloeiend uit grote kracht, energie of emotionele intensiteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

violento

agindo com ou marcado por ou resultante de grande força ou energia ou intensidade emocional

🇷🇺Russian

жестокий

действие с большой силой, энергией или эмоциональной интенсивностью или отмеченное ими или в результате действия большой силы, энергии или эмоциональной интенсивности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हिंसक

महान शक्ति या ऊर्जा या भावनात्मक तीव्रता के साथ कार्य करना या चिह्नित करना या उसके परिणामस्वरूप होना

🇧🇩Bengali

হিংস্র

মহান শক্তি বা শক্তি বা মানসিক তীব্রতা দ্বারা বা দ্বারা চিহ্নিত বা ফলে অভিনয় করা

🇮🇳Tamil

வன்முறை

பெரும் சக்தி அல்லது ஆற்றல் அல்லது உணர்ச்சித் தீவிரத்தால் செயல்படுவது அல்லது குறிக்கப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

హింసాత్మకమైన

గొప్ప శక్తి లేదా శక్తి లేదా భావోద్వేగ తీవ్రతతో వ్యవహరించడం లేదా గుర్తించడం లేదా ఫలితంగా

🇮🇳Marathi

हिंसक

महान शक्ती किंवा उर्जा किंवा भावनिक तीव्रतेसह कार्य करणे किंवा चिन्हांकित करणे किंवा परिणामी

🇮🇳Gujarati

હિંસક

મહાન બળ અથવા ઊર્જા અથવા ભાવનાત્મક તીવ્રતા દ્વારા અભિનય અથવા ચિહ્નિત અથવા પરિણામે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂಸಾತ್ಮಕ

ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಭಾವನಾತ್ಮಕ ತೀವ್ರತೆಯಿಂದ ವರ್ತಿಸುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಗುರುತಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അക്രമാസക്തമായ

വലിയ ശക്തിയോ ഊർജ്ജമോ വൈകാരിക തീവ്രതയോ ഉപയോഗിച്ച് പ്രവർത്തിക്കുകയോ അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തുകയോ ചെയ്യുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਿੰਸਕ

ਬਹੁਤ ਤਾਕਤ ਜਾਂ ਊਰਜਾ ਜਾਂ ਭਾਵਨਾਤਮਕ ਤੀਬਰਤਾ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨਬੱਧ ਜਾਂ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

پرتشدد

زبردست طاقت یا توانائی یا جذباتی شدت کے ساتھ کام کرنا یا نشان زد کرنا یا اس کے نتیجے میں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

暴力

以巨大的力量或能量或情绪强度行事，或以巨大的力量或能量或情绪强度为标志或结果

🇯🇵Japanese

暴力的な

大きな力、エネルギー、または感情の激しさによって行動する、またはそれによって特徴付けられる、あるいはそれらの結果として生じる

🇰🇷Korean

폭력적인

큰 힘이나 에너지 또는 정서적 강도로 행동하거나 표시되거나 결과로 발생

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hung bạo

hành động với hoặc được đánh dấu bởi hoặc xuất phát từ lực hoặc năng lượng hoặc cường độ cảm xúc lớn

🇹🇭Thai

รุนแรง

กระทำการหรือทำเครื่องหมายด้วยหรือเป็นผลมาจากพลังอันยิ่งใหญ่หรือความรุนแรงทางอารมณ์

🇮🇩Indonesian

brutal

bertindak dengan atau ditandai oleh atau dihasilkan dari kekuatan atau energi atau intensitas emosional yang besar

🇵🇭Filipino

marahas

kumikilos na may o minarkahan ng o nagreresulta mula sa matinding puwersa o lakas o emosyonal na intensidad

🇲🇾Malay

ganas

bertindak dengan atau ditandakan oleh atau terhasil daripada daya yang besar atau tenaga atau keamatan emosi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عنيف

التصرف بقوة كبيرة أو طاقة أو كثافة عاطفية أو مميزة بها أو ناتجة عنها

🇮🇷Persian

خشونت آمیز

با نیرو یا انرژی زیاد یا شدت عاطفی عمل می کند یا مشخص می شود یا ناشی از آن است

🇹🇷Turkish

şiddetli

Büyük bir güç veya enerji veya duygusal yoğunlukla hareket eden veya bunlarla işaretlenen veya bunlardan kaynaklanan

🇮🇱Hebrew

אַלִים

פועל עם או מסומן על ידי או נובע מכוח רב או אנרגיה או עוצמה רגשית

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The primary meaning of 'violent' is 'acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity'.

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