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passionate; fervent, ( , ); Luther was then, as he
afterwards described himself, a young doctor of divinity,ardent, and fresh
from the forge. — Life of Martin Luther;
• (fervent)- having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling,
enthusiasm, etc.; ardent, ( ,
); So fervent was her pleading and so profuse her tears, that M. de
Nesmond consented to do all. — Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete;
• hot; burning; glowing, ( , , );
• (fervid)- heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc., ( , );
He whom we listened to in the Duomo as the fervid proclaimer of God's
justice, stands now before us as the perverter of even human justice and
human law. — The Ethics of George Eliot's Works;
• (perfervid)- very fervent; extremely ardent; impassioned, ( , ); The
starlight was brilliant above them eager, perfervid, passionate. — Cinderella
in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales;
• (torrid)- ardent; passionate, ( ); Yesterday there was a let-up to
the torrid zone, and to-day it is comparatively cool. — The Life and Letters of
Elizabeth Prentiss;
• oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air,
(( ) );
• (fiery)- consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire,
( ); Against the background of the stars, a sphere absolutely dark, save
for a fiery ring of matter whirling inward - — Starfarers;
• easily angered or provoked, ( );
• (impassioned)- filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent;
All her life, I think, she suffered because of the perpetual insurgence of this
secret, impassioned, maternal energy. — The Three Brontes;
• (vehement)- zealous; ardent; impassioned, ( , );
• characterized by rancor or anger; violent, ( , ); So vehement was
their indignation that the left denied Joe the democratic nomination for his
Connecticut Senate seat. — South Dakota Politics;
• strongly emotional; intense or passionate, ( );
• (behemoth)- any creature or thing of monstrous size or power; Only her
family knew she was lazy as a behemoth, untidy about her person, and as
sentimental as a hungry shark. — One Basket;
ardor = fervor = fervency = zeal > zealot = partisan ~ bigot > bigotry ~
fanaticism : chauvinist = jingo : reactionary