Fervent

Word FERVENT
Character 7
Hyphenation fer vent
Pronunciations /ˈfɜː.vənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Fervent"

What do we mean by fervent?

Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent. adjective

Extremely hot; glowing. adjective

Hot; burning; glowing: as, a fervent summer; fervent rays.

Ardent; warmly earnest; animated; eager; vehement: as, fervent zeal; fervent piety.

Synonyms Eager, zealous, fervid, impassioned.

Hot; glowing; boiling; burning. adjective

Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. adjective

Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief. adjective

Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion. adjective

Glowing, burning, very hot. adjective

Characterized by intense emotion adjective

Extremely hot adjective

Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.

Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.

Glowing, burning, very hot.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fervent

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The word "fervent" in example sentences

They joined the gentlemen of the Ashwood Abbey for lunch the next day, who were all in fervent denial that they had anything to do with it. ❋ Nathreee (2010)

With stinging regret and profound gratitude, we return your work to you in fervent hope that you soon find literary representation worthy of your supernal ability. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Probably the only effective approach is to run both at the same time; to get some people inside, but make sure they remain fervent by reminding them all the time of the campaigners on their side, and coordinating efforts from both angles. sexworkeradvocate, on January 29th, 2009 at 10: 29 am Said: ❋ Unknown (2009)

And then what drives me even more batty is when the room erupts in fervent applause, as if we are still living in the Cold War era, or as if they truly understand what socialized medicine would mean to them, and they are thoughtfully rejecting it for the principal of the free market. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We do this with our eyes open and in fervent prayer, especially the prayer that President Bush and his national security team will be lavished with wisdom from God above to use only that force which is truly necessary and only that force which is truly appropriate. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Last Sunday, I already announced this initiative whose purpose is to involve the faithful in fervent prayer to Christ, Prince of Peace. ❋ John (2003)

Today, instead of monkey imitations, Poles now engage in fervent chants of "Oli, Oli" when he plays. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The beaming sun is shining with dazzling radiance on its white walls, telling, in fervent whispers, that a shelter from the heat will be desirable; so here we will enter, where the shadowy trees, and bright stream glancing through the garden flowers, speak of inhabitants from the olden world. ❋ Frederick (1845)

Hawkers moved among them, offering bibingka, turon and cassava cakes, as the crowd’s collective heart beat in fervent anticipation of the incredible event. ❋ Dean Francis Alfar (2005)

This phrase fervent in spirit is literally a picture of water coming to the point of boiling. ❋ Chip Ingram (2009)

Once more the memory of the clear gray eyes leaped into life; again he saw her asleep in the coach on the road from Ganlook; again he recalled the fervent throbs his guilty heart had felt as he looked upon this fair creature, at one time the supposed treasure of another man. ❋ George Barr McCutcheon (1897)

Pelaez was a longtime columnist for the newspaper El Diario La Prensa in New York known as a fervent defender of Cuba's Fidel Castro when she was arrested. ❋ Unknown (2011)

No awkwardness was or could be in this antelope, when gliding with forest grace into the room -- no town-bred shame -- nothing but the unaffected pleasure of one who wishes to speak a fervent welcome, but knows not if she ought -- the astonishment of a Miranda, bred in utter solitude, when first beholding ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

This mutual affection must not be cold, but fervent, that is, sincere, strong, and lasting. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Mr Kaczynski had been known as a fervent anti-communist and nationalist during a long political career. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Victoria Huggins has been known as a fervent City Hall critic and a former candidate for City Council. ❋ Alexi Howk (2010)

Hence, he was known as a fervent zealot of Orthodox dogmas, and he was talked about and exceptionally loved by the entire populace, charming and drawing to himself the souls of all by the splendor of his personal virtues, even if detractors variously contrived to cover the true zeal of the man, calling him cunning, even as the heretics defamed as a heretic him who was most Orthodox … '' See Εκκλησιαστική ❋ Unknown (2009)

Edwin Meese III, who was known as a fervent supporter of law and order as attorney general in the Reagan administration, now spends much of his time criticizing what he calls the astounding number and vagueness of federal criminal laws. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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