fervent meaning and definition

FERVENT adjective

Definition of fervent (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"
   • synonyms: ardent, 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
   • synonyms: fervid