different between vehement vs reckless

English

Etymology

From Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehem?ns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from v?- (“prefix meaning ‘lacking, too little’”) + m?ns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?.?.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: ve?he?ment

Adjective

vehement (comparative more vehement, superlative most vehement)

1. Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.

Synonyms

• full-throated
• swith (obsolete or dialectal)

Related terms

• vehemence
• vehemently

Translations

Further reading

• vehement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vehement at OneLook Dictionary Search
• vehement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehem?ns, vehementem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v?.??ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b?.??men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ve.e?ment/

Adjective

vehement (masculine and feminine plural vehements)

1. vehement

Derived terms

• vehementment

Related terms

• vehemència

Further reading

• “vehement” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehemens, vehementis.

Adjective

vehement (comparative vehementer, superlative am vehementesten)

1. vehement

Declension

Synonyms

• heftig

Further reading

• “vehement” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French véhément, from Latin vehemens.

Adjective

vehement m or n (feminine singular vehement?, masculine plural vehemen?i, feminine and neuter plural vehemente)

1. vehement

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• rechless, retchless (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, (also recheles), from Old English r?cel?as (“reckless, careless, negligent”), equivalent to reck +? -less. Cognate with West Frisian roekeleas (“reckless”), Dutch roekeloos (“reckless”), German Low German ruuklos (“careless”), German ruchlos (“careless, notorious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kl?s/

Adjective

reckless (comparative recklesser or more reckless, superlative recklessest or most reckless)

1. Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
2. Indifferent to danger or the consequences.

Antonyms

• reckful

Derived terms

• recklessness

Translations

Anagrams

• clerkess