Fervour for something is a very strong feeling for or belief in it.
[formal]
They were concerned only with their own religious fervour.
Synonyms: ardour, passion, enthusiasm, excitement More Synonyms of fervour
fervour in British English
or US fervor (ˈfɜːvə)
noun
1.
great intensity of feeling or belief; ardour; zeal
2. rare
intense heat
Word origin
C14: from Latin fervor heat, from fervēre to glow, boil
Examples of 'fervour' in a sentence
fervour
Exhibitions are discussed with almost evangelical fervour.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Patriotic fervour is clearly gripping the sunny southwest.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It also filled me with a kind of religious fervour for the mysteries of the dancefloor.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He is remembered for his religious fervour.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Sports stars were instrumental in the first wave of revolutionary fervour.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But the content appeared to lack something of the revolutionary fervour that his audience had wanted.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
At best it could all deliver a boost to nationalist fervour.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Ditto any suggestion of patriotic fervour.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
If his eyes were filled with a kind of evangelical fervour, he could be forgiven.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
You're not tempted to stay and feel patriotic fervour?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Here was real fervour, real belief.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is no evidence anywhere in this film to support her unconventional beliefs, and there is something deeply disturbing about her almost evangelical fervour.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
How hard it is to find an informed view on this subject, rather than a piece of nationalist fervour masquerading as a political meditation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Moreover, few other cities experienced the revolutionary fervour felt in Barcelona.
Paul Preston The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
There was no nationalist fervour in 19th-century Scotland because there was no need for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Although, grounded on rational arguments, industrialization shone in their eyes with the fervour of religious dogma.
Ramirez-Faria, Carlos The Origins of Economic Inequality between Nations: A critique of Western theorieson development and underdevelopment (1990)
It would also allow politicians to campaign with an evangelical fervour that I doubt we will witness during the next month.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And in a cheeky twist, you can see the nationality of your opponent - so you can compete with patriotic fervour.
The Sun (2013)
Yet somehow the world failed to end before the war did in 1918, and a series of postwar setbacks curtailed the growth of evangelical fervour.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Quotations
Fervour is the weapon of choice of the impotentFrantz FanonBlack Skins White Masks
In other languages
fervour
British English: fervour NOUN
Fervour for something is a very strong feeling for or belief in it.
They were concerned only with their own religious fervour.
American English: fervor
Brazilian Portuguese: fervor
Chinese: 热情
European Spanish: fervor
French: ferveur
German: Leidenschaft
Italian: fervore
Japanese: 熱情
Korean: 열성
European Portuguese: fervor
Latin American Spanish: fervor
Chinese translation of 'fervour'
fervour
or (US) fervor
(ˈfəːvəʳ)
n(u)
热(熱)情 (rèqíng)
(noun)
Definition
great intensity of feeling or belief
an outbreak of religious fervour
Synonyms
ardour
Their romantic ardour had cooled.
passion
Her eyes were blazing with passion.
enthusiasm
Her lack of enthusiasm filled me with disappointment.
excitement
The audience was in a state of great excitement.
intensity
His intensity, and the ferocity of his feelings alarmed me.
warmth
animation
They both spoke with animation.
zeal
his zeal for teaching
eagerness
the voice of a woman speaking with breathless eagerness
vehemence
He spoke loudly and with more vehemence than he had intended.
earnestness
He spoke with intense earnestness.
fervency
Quotation
Fervour is the weapon of choice of the impotent [Frantz Fanon – Black Skins White Masks]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of animation
Definition
liveliness and enthusiasm
They both spoke with animation.
Synonyms
liveliness,
life,
action,
activity,
energy,
spirit,
passion,
enthusiasm,
excitement,
pep,
sparkle,
vitality,
vigour,
zeal,
verve,
zest,
fervour,
high spirits,
dynamism,
buoyancy,
elation,
exhilaration,
welly (slang),
gaiety,
ardour (old-fashioned),
vibrancy,
brio,
zing (informal),
vivacity,
ebullience,
briskness,
airiness,
sprightliness,
pizzazz or pizazz (informal)
in the sense of eagerness
the voice of a woman speaking with breathless eagerness