About The Word Fervent
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Fervent
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What's The Definition Of Fervent?
[adj] 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
[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" [adj] sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a fervent hope" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fervent: ardent | burning(a) | cordial | fervid | fiery | hot | impassioned | passionate | perfervid | sincere | torrid Related Terms | Find terms related to Fervent: abandoned | ablaze | afire | animated | ardent | assiduous | blazing | boiling | boiling over | breathless | burning | burning with excitement | captivated | committed | cordial | dedicated | delirious | devoted | devout | diligent | drunk | eager | earnest | ecstatic | emotional | emphatic | energetic | enraptured | enthusiastic | excited | exciting | exuberant | faithful | fanatical | febrile | fervid | fevered | feverish | fiery | flaming | flushed | frantic | frenzied | glowing | hard | hardworking | heartfelt | hearty | heated | hectic | het up | hot | hot-blooded | hotheaded | impassioned | in earnest | in rut | indefatigable | industrious | inflamed | intense | intent | intent on | intoxicated | keen | laborious | lively | loyal | never idle | on fire | passionate | perfervid | pious | provoking | rapt | rapturous | red-hot | relentless | religious | resolute | responsive | sedulous | seething | serious | sexually excited | sincere | sleepless | spirited | steaming | steamy | stimulating | stirring | strenuous | tender | tireless | transported | unfeigned | unflagging | unremitting | unrestrained | unsleeping | unsparing | unwearied | urgent | vehement | vigorous | warm | warmhearted | white-hot | wholehearted | zealous See Also | Fervent In Webster's Dictionary \Fer"vent\, a. [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p. pr.
of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]
1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.
The elements shall melt with fervent heat. --2 Pet.
iii. 10.
2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of
fervor; zealous; glowing.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom.
iii. 11.
So spake the fervent angel. --Milton.
A fervent desire to promote the happiness of
mankind. --Macaulay.
-- {Fer"vent*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vent*ness}, n.
Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv.
12.
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