zeal
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
Origin of zeal
1Other words for zeal
Opposites for zeal
Other words from zeal
- zealless, adjective
- un·der·zeal, noun
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How to use zeal in a sentence
These two zeals are alike in externals, but altogether unlike in internals, 363.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love | Emanuel SwedenborgLacius wishes that Timon would give him and the rest an opportunity of expressing some part of their zeals.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies | Samuel JohnsonYes, zeal without knowledge, I said—like most other zeals—if there were no objections that struck him at once, there were none.
Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson
British Dictionary definitions for zeal
/ (ziːl) /
fervent or enthusiastic devotion, often extreme or fanatical in nature, as to a religious movement, political cause, ideal, or aspiration
Origin of zeal
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