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fervent

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fervent in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    ardent  fervent  fervid  fiery  impassioned  perfervid  torrid 
  2. 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
    fervent  fervid 
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