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Fervent and Passionate Definitions

Fervent

Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent
Fervent protests.
A fervent admirer.

Passionate

Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions
A family of passionate personalities.

Fervent

Extremely hot; glowing.

Passionate

Wrathful by temperament; choleric.

Fervent

Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, and/or belief.
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Passionate

Marked by strong sexual desire; amorous or lustful.

Fervent

Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, and/or passion.

Passionate

Showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent
A passionate speech against injustice.

Fervent

Glowing, burning, very hot.

Passionate

Arising from or marked by passion
A teacher who is passionate about her subject.
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Fervent

Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.
The elements shall melt with fervent heat.

Passionate

Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
Mandy is a passionate lover.

Fervent

Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit.
So spake the fervent angel.
A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind.
Laboring fervently for you in prayers.

Passionate

Fired with intense feeling.

Fervent

Characterized by intense emotion;
Ardent love
An ardent lover
A burning enthusiasm
A fervent desire to change society
A fervent admirer
Fiery oratory
An impassioned appeal
A torrid love affair

Passionate

(obsolete) Suffering; sorrowful.

Fervent

Sincerely or intensely felt;
A cordial regard for his visitor's comfort
A cordial abhorrence of waste
A fervent hope

Passionate

A passionate individual.

Fervent

Extremely hot;
The fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems
Set out...when the fervid heat subsides

Passionate

(obsolete) To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.

Passionate

(obsolete) To express with great emotion.

Passionate

Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature.
Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate.

Passionate

Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship.

Passionate

Suffering; sorrowful.

Passionate

To affect with passion; to impassion.
Great pleasure, mixed with pitiful regard,The godly king and queen did passionate.

Passionate

To express feelingly or sorrowfully.

Passionate

Having or expressing strong emotions

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