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Ardent

Ardent Meaning & Definition
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

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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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