fervent

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fervent Definition

• (s) characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
• (s) sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his visitor''s comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a fervent hope"
• (s) extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope

fervent Synonyms

• ardent
• burning(a)
• cordial
• fervent
• fervid
• fiery
• impassioned
• perfervid
• torrid