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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

Practically every public mea culpa by a top company executive, whether just a few months or several years apart, eventually was followed by another serious violation and even more fervent pledges to reform.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

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

Sometimes teams will hold a block of tickets, knowing they can sell them at a premium to the more fervent visiting-team fan groups, like those of the Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2016

From the bed which she had not been able to leave since the day of Colonel Wallifarro's burial, Mrs. Masters injected a more fervent enthusiasm into these preliminaries than did the bride to be.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville