'Fervent' definitions:
Definition of 'fervent'
(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
Extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope [syn: fervent, fervid]
Definition of 'Fervent'
From: GCIDE
- Fervent \Fer"vent\, a. [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p. pr. of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]
- 1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer. [1913 Webster]
- The elements shall melt with fervent heat. --2 Pet. iii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. [1913 Webster]
- Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom. iii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- So spake the fervent angel. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. --Macaulay. -- {Fer"vent*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vent*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
- Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv. 12. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fervent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- ablaze,
- afire,
- animated,
- ardent,
- assiduous,
- blazing,
- boiling,
- boiling over,
- breathless,
- burning,
- burning with excitement,
- captivated,
- committed,
- cordial,
- dedicated,
- delirious,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- drunk,
- eager,
- earnest,
- ecstatic,
- emotional,
- emphatic,
- energetic,
- enraptured,
- enthusiastic,
- excited,
- exciting,
- exuberant,
- faithful,
- fanatical,
- febrile,
- fervid,
- fevered,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- flushed,
- frantic,
- frenzied,
- glowing,
- hard,
- hardworking,
- heartfelt,
- hearty,
- heated,
- hectic,
- het up,
- hot,
- hot-blooded,
- hotheaded,
- impassioned,
- in earnest,
- in rut,
- indefatigable,
- industrious,
- inflamed,
- intense,
- intent,
- intent on,
- intoxicated,
- keen,
- laborious,
- lively,
- loyal,
- never idle,
- on fire,
- passionate,
- perfervid,
- pious,
- provoking,
- rapt,
- rapturous,
- red-hot,
- relentless,
- religious,
- resolute,
- responsive,
- sedulous,
- seething,
- serious,
- sexually excited,
- sincere,
- sleepless,
- spirited,
- steaming,
- steamy,
- stimulating,
- stirring,
- strenuous,
- tender,
- tireless,
- transported,
- unfeigned,
- unflagging,
- unremitting,
- unrestrained,
- unsleeping,
- unsparing,
- unwearied,
- urgent,
- vehement,
- vigorous,
- warm,
- warmhearted,
- white-hot,
- wholehearted,
- zealous