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more fervent

ADJECTIVE

enthusiastic, excited

Synonyms

WEAK

animated ardent blazing burning devout dying to eager earnest ecstatic emotional enthused falling all over oneself fiery glowing go great guns heartfelt hearty hot hot-blooded impassioned intense passionate perfervid pious religious responsive serious sincere unfeigned vehement warm warmhearted wholehearted zealous

Antonyms

WEAK

cool discouraged dispirited impassive uncaring unenthusiastic unexcited

ADJECTIVE

enthusiastic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ardent devout earnest ecstatic emotional heartfelt impassioned intense passionate pious religious sincere vehement zealous

WEAK

animated blazing burning dying to eager enthused excited fervid fiery glowing gotta have gung ho hearty hopped up hot hot for hot-blooded perfervid responsive serious tender unfeigned warm warmhearted wholehearted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic calm cold cool dull frigid indifferent insincere irreligious unconcerned unenthusiastic unexcited unpassionate

WEAK

dispassionate dispirited

Example Sentences

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The professional military force Parliament commanded — the New Model Army — was, if anything, even more fervent in its Puritan convictions and for the most part happy to enforce the new injunctions.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

And in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, there’s been an even more fervent push.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Never were there more fervent prayers borne heavenward.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2023

Denmark’s soccer federation has been one of the more fervent critics of Qatar’s record on human rights and treatment of migrant workers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2022

He declined the proposal, however, and became henceforward still more fervent in exercises of piety, and more zealous for the welfare of the church.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various