[ US /ˈɑɹdənt/ ]
[ UK /ˈɑːdənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characterized by strong enthusiasm
    warm support
    warm support
    ardent revolutionaries
  2. glowing or shining like fire
    from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes
    frightened by his ardent burning eyes
  3. characterized by intense emotion
    an ardent lover
    a torrid love affair
    ardent love
    a fervent admirer
    fiery oratory
    an impassioned appeal
    a fervent desire to change society
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How To Use ardent In A Sentence

  • This magnificent bit of luck, the finding of the calisaya, awakened in the susceptible bosom of Mr. Marcoy an ardent desire to explore for himself the site of its discovery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
  • Scepticism failed to save her from scenting danger in the ardent courtship of a rich young Philadelphian.
  • We're both ardent American fans of yours who enjoy obsessing over minute and insignificant details.
  • We may then sum up by saying that Lord Byron generally established on an impregnable rock, guarded by unbending principles, those great virtues to which principles are essential; but that, after making these treasures secure -- for treasures they are to the man of honor and worth -- once having placed them beyond the reach of sensibility and sentiment, he may sometimes have allowed the _lesser virtues_ (within ordinary bonds) such indulgence as flowed from his kindly nature, and such as his youth rendered natural to a feeling heart and ardent imagination. Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English
  • So the word "incognito" is projected on to the set and floats around ardently pursued by Julian Barratt's mayor. Government Inspector – review
  • a curative process, but an ardent believer of the reality of somnambular clairvoyance as an invaluable gift of certain privileged organizations. A Strange Story — Volume 01
  • an ardent lover
  • As she turned with ardent zeal to her work -- which indeed had not failed of accustomed conduct so far as routine went -- tell me what do you find in those lovely eyes if not the heavenliest assurances? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
  • From the ardent desire which you have long expressed concerning Stona's marriage, it will, I am convinced, give you pleasure to hear that the nuptials are at last solemnized. The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
  • With the publishing success in France of her novel The Season of Lillian Dawes (Sous le charme de Lillian Dawes), they were bringing out her first novel, Private Altars (which will be called Sanctuaires Ardents here), this fall. Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: On Location -- Liwan
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