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[ UK /fˈɜːvənt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɝvənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
  2. (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing
    set out...when the fervid heat subsides
    the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems

How To Use fervent In A Sentence

  • We expect to see a good deal more of the same as the appeals process commences, and fervently hope the courtroom will be stocked with an adequate supply of tissues.
  • In fact, children of heavy smokers are often fervent anti-smokers.
  • Many ships and squadrons in the Royal Navy fervently believe they are special - and some have good reason to make that claim.
  • He will be sadly missed from the sport, and will climb Everest with fervent wishes for safety and success. Times, Sunday Times
  • What was more we were at war and were fervently patriotic supporters of King and Country.
  • Thus to this congregation of excellent, undeceiving refuge, we pray that by the power of this prayer expressed from a heart filled with fervent devotion and humility, may the body, speech and mind of the sole of the Land of Snows, the supreme Ngawang Lobsang Tenzin Gyatso, be indestructible, unfluctuating and unceasing; may he live immutable for a hundred aeons, seated on a diamond throne, transcending decay and destruction. The Long Life Prayer for the 14th Dalai Lama
  • It is his fervent hope that a peaceful solution will soon be found.
  • Arab dreams: Qaddafi (left) spent his youth as a fervent admirer of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the pan-Arab nationalist icon of the era.
  • It is his fervent hope that a peaceful solution will soon be found.
  • This is his best film, and I fervently hope it will not be the last.
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