Word Meanings - FERVENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. 2 Pet. iii. 10. 2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit.

Additional info about word: FERVENT

1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. 2 Pet. iii. 10. 2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. Rom. iii. 11. So spake the fervent angel. Milton. A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. Macaulay. -- Fer"vent*ly, adv. -- Fer"vent*ness, n. Laboring fervently for you in prayers. Col. iv. 12.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FERVENT)

• Ardent
• Longing
• passionate
• aspiring
• eager
• fervent
• excited
• fiery
• glowing
• zealous
• fervid
• fierce
• keen
• vehement
• hot
• affectionate
• impassioned
• burning
• heated
• Earnest
• Eager
• serious
• intent
• determined
• strenuous
• solemn
• grave
• warm
• intense
• ardent
• Fiery
• Hot
• irascible
• choleric
• enkindled
• irritable
• hotbrained
• Glowing
• Shining
• Vehement
• Violent
• impetuous
• raging
• furious
• urgent
• forcible

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