'ardent' definitions:
Definition of 'ardent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid]
adjective
Characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support" [syn: ardent, warm]
adjective
Glowing or shining like fire; "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes"
Synonyms of 'ardent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- ablaze,
- acquiescent,
- afire,
- aflame,
- aflicker,
- aglow,
- agog,
- agreeable,
- alacritous,
- alcoholic,
- alight,
- amative,
- amatory,
- amenable,
- amorous,
- and,
- anxious,
- assiduous,
- athirst,
- avid,
- baking,
- blazing,
- blistering,
- boiling,
- boiling over,
- breathless,
- broiling,
- burning,
- burning hot,
- candent,
- candescent,
- canicular,
- comburent,
- committed,
- compliant,
- conflagrant,
- consenting,
- constant,
- content,
- cooperative,
- cordial,
- crying,
- dedicated,
- delirious,
- desirous,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- disposed,
- docile,
- drunk,
- eager,
- earnest,
- ebullient,
- emphatic,
- energetic,
- enthusiastic,
- erotic,
- excited,
- exciting,
- extreme,
- exuberant,
- fain,
- faithful,
- fanatic,
- favorable,
- favorably disposed,
- favorably inclined,
- febrile,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fevered,
- feverish,
- fierce,
- fiery,
- flagrant,
- flaming,
- flaring,
- flickering,
- flushed,
- forward,
- fuming,
- game,
- genial,
- glowing,
- great,
- grilling,
- guttering,
- hard,
- hard-core,
- hardworking,
- hasty,
- hearty,
- heated,
- hectic,
- hospitable,
- hot,
- hot as fire,
- hot as hell,
- hot-blooded,
- hotheaded,
- ignescent,
- ignited,
- impassioned,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- importunate,
- impulsive,
- in a blaze,
- in a glow,
- in earnest,
- in flames,
- in the mind,
- in the mood,
- incandescent,
- inclined,
- indefatigable,
- industrious,
- inflamed,
- insistent,
- intense,
- intent,
- intent on,
- intoxicated,
- keen,
- kindled,
- laborious,
- lascivious,
- liege,
- like a furnace,
- like an oven,
- live,
- lively,
- living,
- loverlike,
- loverly,
- loyal,
- madcap,
- mighty,
- minded,
- never idle,
- on fire,
- overheated,
- overwarm,
- parching,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- piping hot,
- pliant,
- powerful,
- precipitate,
- predisposed,
- prompt,
- prone,
- provoking,
- quick,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- receptive,
- red-hot,
- reeking,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- responsive,
- roasting,
- scalding,
- scintillant,
- scintillating,
- scorching,
- searing,
- sedulous,
- seething,
- serious,
- sexual,
- simmering,
- sincere,
- sizzling,
- sizzling hot,
- sleepless,
- smoking,
- smoking hot,
- smoldering,
- sparking,
- spirited,
- spirituous,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- steaming,
- steamy,
- stimulating,
- stirring,
- strenuous,
- strong,
- sudorific,
- sweating,
- sweaty,
- sweltering,
- sweltry,
- thirsty,
- tireless,
- toasting,
- torrid,
- totally committed,
- tractable,
- true,
- uncontrolled,
- unextinguished,
- unflagging,
- ungoverned,
- unquenched,
- unremitting,
- unrestrained,
- unsleeping,
- unsparing,
- unwearied,
- urgent,
- vehement,
- vigorous,
- vinous,
- warm,
- warmhearted,
- well-disposed,
- well-inclined,
- white-hot,
- willed,
- willing,
- willinghearted,
- winy,
- with a kick,
- zealous