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Adjective
S:
(adj)
ardent
,
fervent
,
fervid
,
fiery
,
impassioned
,
perfervid
,
torrid
(characterized by intense emotion)
"ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
S:
(adj)
fervent
,
fervid
((archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing)
"the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope