fervent

Adjective
  1. Characterized by intense emotion (synset 301730449)
    "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
    similar to: passionate - having or expressing strong emotions
    same as: ardent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid
  2. (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing (synset 301251747)
    "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"
    domain usage: archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
    similar to: hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
    same as: fervid

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