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fervent
[ fur-vuhnt ]
adjective
- having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent:
a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
Synonyms: passionate, impassioned, fervid
- hot; burning; glowing.
fervent
/ ˈfɜːvɪd; ˈfɜːvənt /
adjective
- intensely passionate; ardent
a fervent desire to change society
- archaic.boiling, burning, or glowing
fervent heat
Derived Forms
- ˈfervently, adverb
- ˈferventness, noun
Other Words From
- fer·vent·ly adverb
- fer·vent·ness noun
- non·fer·vent adjective
- non·fer·vent·ness noun
- o·ver·fer·vent adjective
- o·ver·fer·vent·ness noun
- su·per·fer·vent adjective
- un·fer·vent adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fervent1
Example Sentences
This despite the fact that many have been possibly identified by others online in a fervent effort to bring the perpetrators to justice.
That’s a popular passage among liberal Christians who find many conservatives’ fervent support for the military to be in conflict with some Christian teaching.
One longs, in this particular moment, to see data on how the most fervent fans of “Jeopardy!”
Among Us’s simplicity is reminiscent of Animal Crossing, which similarly has a fervent fan base dating back to the early days of the pandemic, when its explosion in popularity led to a worldwide shortage of Nintendo Switches.
It is incumbent upon us not to drop the ball this time, and channel all these fervent sentiments into real action and change.
Ramos was a fervent Mets fan and he would often talk to the students about sports.
So to hear such fervent anti-Ortega sentiment from previously devoted campesinos and compañeros is unprecedented.
And when those final fervent lines— One way or another One way or another One way or another; This darkness got to give.
I know as much as anyone how much her most fervent supporters want Hillary Clinton to run for president.
The political world and her most fervent fans may be exercised about a presidential bid.
Ronald bent and kissed the speaker, with a fervent hope that everything would end well.
How fervent their prayers for their companions in tribulation, when they themselves stood in jeopardy every hour!
Much patience, devotion to the child, and fervent prayer will be needful to accomplish anything worth while.
Phinees, our father, by being fervent in the zeal of God, received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.
Enid's true, overburdened heart was only too ready to respond to his fervent appeal.
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