fervent
Americanadjective
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having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent.
a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
- Synonyms:
- passionate, impassioned, fervid
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hot; burning; glowing.
adjective
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intensely passionate; ardent
a fervent desire to change society
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archaic boiling, burning, or glowing
fervent heat
Other Word Forms
- fervently adverb
- ferventness noun
- nonfervent adjective
- nonferventness noun
- overfervent adjective
- overferventness noun
- superfervent adjective
- unfervent adjective
Etymology
Origin of fervent
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French or directly from Latin fervent- (stem of fervēns ) present participle of fervēre “to boil”; -ent
Example Sentences
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What begins as a series of secret trysts swells over a decade into fervent, undeniable love.
From BBC
Growing up in an era of ecstatic religious feeling, brought up by a fervent father and superstitious mother, the youngest Fox sisters may have been susceptible to the notion of spirits.
From Literature
Dudamel’s approach was not, as his Beethoven has generally become, filled with fervent intensity in the moment.
From Los Angeles Times
Over the years Cox has been a fervent campaigner and won many awards.
From BBC
The author dedicated her work to “the people of America with the fervent hope that our nations may come ever closer together in mutual understanding and sympathy.”
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