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Ardor

Ardor Meaning & Definition
Ardor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ardor?

[n] feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
[n] intense feeling of love
[n] a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ardor: ardour | elan | fervency | fervidness | fervor | fervour | fire

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ardor: abandon | acquiescence | activity | admiration | adoration | affection | agape | agreeability | agreeableness | alacrity | allegiance | amenability | Amor | anger | animation | application | ardency | assiduity | assiduousness | attachment | avidity | bodily love | brio | briskness | brotherly love | calenture | caritas | charity | cheerful consent | Christian love | commitment | committedness | compliance | concentration | concupiscence | conjugal love | consent | cooperativeness | curiosity | dedication | desideration | desire | devotedness | devotion | devoutness | diligence | docility | drive | eagerness | earnestness | ecstasy | elan | energeticalness | energy | enthusiasm | Eros | excitement | faith | faithful love | faithfulness | fancy | fantasy | favorable disposition | favorableness | fealty | fervency | fervidity | fervidness | fervor | fidelity | fieriness | fire | flame | fondness | forwardness | free love | free-lovism | furor | fury | galvanization | gameness | glow | goodwill | gusto | heart | heartiness | heat | heatedness | hero worship | hope | horme | hurrah | idolatry | idolism | idolization | impassionedness | impetuosity | impetus | indefatigability | industriousness | industry | intellectual curiosity | intensity | intentness | joie de vivre | keenness | laboriousness | lasciviousness | libido | life | like | liking | liveliness | love | lovemaking | loyalty | lust for learning | lustiness | married love | mettle | mind | need | passion | passionateness | perkiness | pertness | physical love | piety | Platonic love | pleasure | pleasure principle | pliability | pliancy | popular regard | popularity | promptness | quickening | readiness | receptive mood | receptiveness | receptivity | regard | relentlessness | relish | resolution | responsiveness | right mood | robustness | savor | sedulity | sedulousness | sentiment | seriousness | sex | sexual desire | sexual love | shine | sincerity | soul | spirit | spiritedness | spiritual love | stimulation | strenuousness | tender feeling | tender passion | thirst for knowledge | tirelessness | tractability | truelove | ungrudgingness | unloathness | unreluctance | unsparingness | urge | uxoriousness | vehemence | verve | vivacity | want | wanting | warmth | warmth of feeling | weakness | will | will and pleasure | willing ear | willing heart | willingness | wish | wish fulfillment | worship | yearning | zeal | zealousness | zest | zestfulness | zing

See Also | avidity | avidness | eagerness | keenness | love | passion | passionateness | zeal

Ardor In Webster's Dictionary

\Ar"dor\, n. [L. ardor, fr. ardere to burn: cf. OF. ardor, ardur, F. ardeur.] [Spelt also {ardour}.] 1. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays. 2. Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor. 3. pl. Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim. [Thus used by Milton.] Syn: Fervor; warmth; eagerness. See {Fervor}.

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