fervent
/ˈfəːv(ə)nt
/adjective
1Having or displaying a passionate intensity: a fervent supporter of the revolution...
- The sheer reverence and admiration for these legends could be readily manipulated into fervent nationalist passion.
- For them, there was only one prerequisite to opening a dancehall: a fervent passion for music and entertainment.
- But, dressed in yellow, she led her musicians with a fervent intensity.
Synonyms
impassioned, passionate, intense, vehement, ardent, sincere, feeling, profound, deep-seated, heartfelt, deeply felt, emotional, animated, spirited;
enthusiastic, zealous, fanatical, wholehearted, avid, eager, earnest, keen, committed, dedicated, devout
informal mad keen, card-carrying, true blue
British informal keen as mustard
rare fervid, perfervid, passional
2 archaic Hot, burning, or glowing.The "eternal fire" also symbolizes the love of homeland which is always alive like a fervent fire....
- But carrying in our hearts fervent coals of His hope and faith we can journey in the courage of His peace.
Derivatives
fervency
/ noun ...- He has succeeded in expressing the fervency and zeal both of the minister and his congregation.
- Bernard was not content with careful exegesis and orthodox doctrine - there is also an unusual fervency and passion in the sermons.
- Well, Sontag points to the ‘passionate bleakness’ of ‘a restless, chronically dissatisfied mind’ that offers us ‘moral fervency and gifts of compassion’.
Origin
Middle English: via Old French from Latin fervent- 'boiling', from the verb fervere. Compare with fervid and fervour.
Rhymes
- think something over
- think something up
- think tank
- think-tanker
- think (the) better of
- think the world of
- think twice
- thin-layer chromatography
- thinly
- thinner
- thinners
- thinness
- thinnings
- thinnish
- thin on the ground
- thin on top
- thin section
- thin-skinned
- thinspiration
- thinspo
- Thinsulate
- thio-
- thiocyanate
- thiodiglycol
- thioguanine