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Ardent
| Ardent Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Ardent?
[adj] glowing or shining like fire; "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes"
[adj] characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support"
[adj] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ardent: bright |
burning(a) |
enthusiastic |
fervent |
fervid |
fiery |
impassioned |
passionate |
perfervid |
torrid |
warm
Related Terms | Find terms related to Ardent: abandoned |
ablaze |
acquiescent |
afire |
aflame |
aflicker |
aglow |
agog |
agreeable |
alacritous |
alcoholic |
alight |
amative |
amatory |
amenable |
amorous |
and |
anxious |
assiduous |
athirst |
avid |
baking |
blazing |
blistering |
boiling |
boiling over |
breathless |
broiling |
burning |
burning hot |
candent |
candescent |
canicular |
comburent |
committed |
compliant |
conflagrant |
consenting |
constant |
content |
cooperative |
cordial |
crying |
dedicated |
delirious |
desirous |
devoted |
devout |
diligent |
disposed |
docile |
drunk |
eager |
earnest |
ebullient |
emphatic |
energetic |
enthusiastic |
erotic |
excited |
exciting |
extreme |
exuberant |
fain |
faithful |
fanatic |
favorable |
favorably disposed |
favorably inclined |
febrile |
fervent |
fervid |
fevered |
feverish |
fierce |
fiery |
flagrant |
flaming |
flaring |
flickering |
flushed |
forward |
fuming |
game |
genial |
glowing |
great |
grilling |
guttering |
hard |
hard-core |
hardworking |
hasty |
hearty |
heated |
hectic |
hospitable |
hot |
hot as fire |
hot as hell |
hot-blooded |
hotheaded |
ignescent |
ignited |
impassioned |
impatient |
impetuous |
importunate |
impulsive |
in a blaze |
in a glow |
in earnest |
in flames |
in the mind |
in the mood |
incandescent |
inclined |
indefatigable |
industrious |
inflamed |
insistent |
intense |
intent |
intent on |
intoxicated |
keen |
kindled |
laborious |
lascivious |
liege |
like a furnace |
like an oven |
live |
lively |
living |
loverlike |
loverly |
loyal |
madcap |
mighty |
minded |
never idle |
on fire |
overheated |
overwarm |
parching |
passionate |
perfervid |
piping hot |
pliant |
powerful |
precipitate |
predisposed |
prompt |
prone |
provoking |
quick |
ready |
ready and willing |
receptive |
red-hot |
reeking |
relentless |
resolute |
responsive |
roasting |
scalding |
scintillant |
scintillating |
scorching |
searing |
sedulous |
seething |
serious |
sexual |
simmering |
sincere |
sizzling |
sizzling hot |
sleepless |
smoking |
smoking hot |
smoldering |
sparking |
spirited |
spirituous |
staunch |
steadfast |
steaming |
steamy |
stimulating |
stirring |
strenuous |
strong |
sudorific |
sweating |
sweaty |
sweltering |
sweltry |
thirsty |
tireless |
toasting |
torrid |
totally committed |
tractable |
true |
uncontrolled |
unextinguished |
unflagging |
ungoverned |
unquenched |
unremitting |
unrestrained |
unsleeping |
unsparing |
unwearied |
urgent |
vehement |
vigorous |
vinous |
warm |
warmhearted |
well-disposed |
well-inclined |
white-hot |
willed |
willing |
willinghearted |
winy |
with a kick |
zealous
See Also |
Ardent In Webster's Dictionary
\Ar"dent\, a. [OE. ardaunt, F. ardant, p. pr. of arder to
burn, fr. L. ardere.]
1. Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as,
ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent
fever.
2. Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing;
shining; as, ardent eyes. --Dryden.
3. Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate;
fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings,
zeal, hope, temper.
An ardent and impetuous race. --Macaulay.
Syn: Burning; hot; fiery; glowing; intense; fierce; vehement;
eager; zealous; keen; fervid; fervent; passionate;
affectionate.
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