Ardent \Ar"dent\, a. [OE. ardaunt, F. ardant, p. pr. of arder to
burn, fr. L. ardere.]
1. Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as,
ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent
fever.
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2. Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing;
shining; as, ardent eyes. --Dryden.
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3. Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate;
fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings,
zeal, hope, temper.
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An ardent and impetuous race. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Burning; hot; fiery; glowing; intense; fierce; vehement;
eager; zealous; keen; fervid; fervent; passionate;
affectionate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ardent
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
"an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:
burning(a), fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned,
perfervid, torrid]
2: characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent
revolutionaries"; "warm support" [syn: warm]
3: glowing or shining like fire; "from rank to rank she darts
her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his
ardent burning eyes"
WordNet (r) 2.0
231 Moby Thesaurus words for "ardent":
abandoned, ablaze, acquiescent, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow,
agog, agreeable, alacritous, alcoholic, alight, amative, amatory,
amenable, amorous, and, anxious, assiduous, athirst, avid, baking,
blazing, blistering, boiling, boiling over, breathless, broiling,
burning, burning hot, candent, candescent, canicular, comburent,
committed, compliant, conflagrant, consenting, constant, content,
cooperative, cordial, crying, dedicated, delirious, desirous,
devoted, devout, diligent, disposed, docile, drunk, eager, earnest,
ebullient, emphatic, energetic, enthusiastic, erotic, excited,
exciting, extreme, exuberant, fain, faithful, fanatic, favorable,
favorably disposed, favorably inclined, febrile, fervent, fervid,
fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery, flagrant, flaming, flaring,
flickering, flushed, forward, fuming, game, genial, glowing, great,
grilling, guttering, hard, hard-core, hardworking, hasty, hearty,
heated, hectic, hospitable, hot, hot as fire, hot as hell,
hot-blooded, hotheaded, ignescent, ignited, impassioned, impatient,
impetuous, importunate, impulsive, in a blaze, in a glow,
in earnest, in flames, in the mind, in the mood, incandescent,
inclined, indefatigable, industrious, inflamed, insistent, intense,
intent, intent on, intoxicated, keen, kindled, laborious,
lascivious, liege, like a furnace, like an oven, live, lively,
living, loverlike, loverly, loyal, madcap, mighty, minded,
never idle, on fire, overheated, overwarm, parching, passionate,
perfervid, piping hot, pliant, powerful, precipitate, predisposed,
prompt, prone, provoking, quick, ready, ready and willing,
receptive, red-hot, reeking, relentless, resolute, responsive,
roasting, scalding, scintillant, scintillating, scorching, searing,
sedulous, seething, serious, sexual, simmering, sincere, sizzling,
sizzling hot, sleepless, smoking, smoking hot, smoldering,
sparking, spirited, spirituous, staunch, steadfast, steaming,
steamy, stimulating, stirring, strenuous, strong, sudorific,
sweating, sweaty, sweltering, sweltry, thirsty, tireless, toasting,
torrid, totally committed, tractable, true, uncontrolled,
unextinguished, unflagging, ungoverned, unquenched, unremitting,
unrestrained, unsleeping, unsparing, unwearied, urgent, vehement,
vigorous, vinous, warm, warmhearted, well-disposed, well-inclined,
white-hot, willed, willing, willinghearted, winy, with a kick,
zealous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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