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fervency
[fur-vuhn-see] 
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fervency
[fur-vuhn-see]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passion |
| Synonyms: | ardor, emotion, enthusiasm, fervor, fire, fury, gusto, heart, intensity, vehemence, zeal, zest |
| Notes: | the intensity of heat or feeling can be described as fervency (from Latin fervere 'boil'); an instance of this heat or feeling is fervor |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, vigor |
| Synonyms: | ardor, brio, calenture, dash, drive, eagerness, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, fervency, fervor, force, ginger, gusto, heartiness, heat, impetuosity, intensity, life, light, liveliness, luster, passion, pep, punch*, radiance, red heat, scintillation, snap*, sparkle, spirit, splendor, starch, verve, vim, virtuosity, vivacity, white heat, zeal, zing, zip, élan |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, lethargy, spiritlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intensity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passion, force |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferociousness, ferocity, fervency, fervor, fierceness, fire, force, forcefulness, fury, high pitch, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, sharpness, strain, strength, tenseness, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, weightiness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, moderation |
| Main Entry: | warmth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good feeling |
| Synonyms: | affection, ardor, compassion, cordiality, earnestness, empressement, enthusiasm, fervency, fervor, glow, hospitality, kindness, passion, spirit, vehemence, zeal |
| Antonyms: | chill, cool |
| Main Entry: | ferociousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ferocity |
| Synonyms: | barbarity, brutality, cruelness, depth, extreme, ferment, fervency, fervor, fierceness, fury, intensity, pitch, savagery, severity, vehemence, vehemency, viciousness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | fierceness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ferocity |
| Synonyms: | barbarity, brutality, cruelness, depth, extreme, ferment, ferociousness, fervency, fervor, fury, intensity, pitch, savagery, severity, vehemence, vehemency, viciousness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | vehemency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intensity |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferociousness, ferocity, fervency, fervor, fierceness, fire, force, forcefulness, fury, high pitch, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, pitch, potency, power, severity, sharpness, strain, strength, tenseness, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, weightiness, wildness |
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