About The Word Fervor
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Fervor
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What's The Definition Of Fervor?
[n] feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
[n] the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fervor: ardor | ardour | excitation | excitement | fervency | fervidness | fervour | fervour | fire | inflammation Related Terms | Find terms related to Fervor: abandon | admiration | adoration | affection | agape | Amor | anger | animation | application | ardency | ardor | assiduity | assiduousness | attachment | bodily love | brotherly love | calenture | caritas | charity | Christian love | commitment | committedness | concentration | conjugal love | dedication | desire | devotedness | devotion | devoutness | diligence | eagerness | earnestness | ebullience | ecstasy | energeticalness | energy | enthusiasm | Eros | excitement | faith | faithful love | faithfulness | fancy | fervency | fervidity | fervidness | fidelity | fieriness | fire | flame | fondness | free love | free-lovism | furor | fury | glow | gusto | heart | heartiness | heat | heatedness | hero worship | hurrah | idolatry | idolism | idolization | impassionedness | indefatigability | industriousness | industry | intensity | intentness | laboriousness | lasciviousness | libido | like | liking | liveliness | love | lovemaking | loyalty | married love | passion | passionateness | physical love | piety | piousness | Platonic love | popular regard | popularity | regard | relentlessness | relish | resolution | savor | sedulity | sedulousness | sentiment | seriousness | sex | sexual desire | sexual love | shine | sincerity | solemnity | soul | spirit | spiritual love | strenuousness | tender feeling | tender passion | tirelessness | truelove | unsparingness | uxoriousness | vehemence | verve | warmth | warmth of feeling | weakness | wholeheartedness | worship | yearning | zeal | zealousness See Also | emotional arousal | passion | passionateness | sensation | zeal Fervor In Webster's Dictionary \Fer"vor\, n. [Written also {fervour}.] [OF. fervor,
fervour, F. ferveur, L. fervor, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.]
1. Heat; excessive warmth.
The fevor of ensuing day. --Waller.
2. Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor;
passion; holy zeal; earnestness. --Hooker.
Winged with fervor of her love. --Shak.
Syn: {Fervor}, {Ardor}.
Usage: Fervor is a boiling heat, and ardor is a burning heat.
Hence, in metaphor, we commonly use fervor and its
derivatives when we conceive of thoughts or emotions
under the image of ebullition, or as pouring
themselves forth. Thus we speak of the fervor of
passion, fervid declamation, fervid importunity,
fervent supplication, fervent desires, etc. Ardent is
used when we think of anything as springing from a
deepseated glow of soul; as, ardent friendship, ardent
zeal, ardent devotedness; burning with ardor for the
fight.
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