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Definition of fervid in English: fervidadjective ˈfəːvɪdˈfərvəd 1Intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree. his fervid protestations of love Example sentencesExamples - He will seize any opportunity to pontificate, expressing his views with fervid self-assurance and with little concern for time constraints or his audience.
- That is: the prevalent imagery of society is no longer focused on institutional structures, on embodied manners of acting and thinking, but on the tone, fervid or cool, of states of mind.
- And the atmosphere of today's Europe is different: Back then, the fervid, revanchist nationalism of the losers traded blows with the victory-happy nationalism of the winners.
- First, where do these kids (and they are still minors) get their fervid imaginations from?
- This is the charm of spiritual tourism, of course, but it is only another form of consumer frenzy, the fervid acquisition of knowledge, boogie fever.
- At times we see demonstrations, like the ones we just saw in your report, that seem very, very fervid.
- Two decades ago, his band the Pogues achieved a certain popularity with a fervid stew of traditional folk and punkish energy, and dreamy poetic licence.
- This fervid belief is essential to overcoming the inevitable dissenters and roadblocks that arise when challenging conventional notions.
- There's even a few of them mentioned in the Bible, but that may just be a jolly good novel and the figment of someone's fervid imagination.
- No great surprise there, except that this common-sense finding demolishes the implied presumptions of fervid gun control advocates.
- I don't have the feeling that he is a fervid prosecutor in the sense that he thinks that anyone accused of something must be guilty.
- A New Museum retrospective suggests that Adrian Piper's aggressively provocative work is as much the product of her genes as of her fervid talent.
- Anyway, in all my fervid imaginings, I never saw her with my mug in her hand, because I believed she'd learnt it was mine.
- Imagine stopping right in the middle of your fervid workday and taking a three-hour break.
- They are also, in many ways, fervid advocates of 19th- and early 20th-century American views of international politics.
- Combined with fervid Methodism, you've got ruthless certainty.
- Imagine a country with no McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's (the restaurant) or any other fervid fryers of French fries.
- Within a year, they found capital and a venue (a hidden courtyard just off New Bond Street), and launched Hush, to some acclaim and fervid celebrity interest.
- Too many students left the teach-in feeling intimidated not by the overwhelming opposition to the war, but to the way an academic forum became a fervid presentation of an exclusive viewpoint.
- He brought to journalism a sense of mission - a fervid devotion to blunt truth-telling and historical witness.
Synonyms impassioned, passionate, intense, vehement, ardent, sincere, feeling, profound, deep-seated, heartfelt, deeply felt, emotional, animated, spirited fervent, ardent, passionate, impassioned, intense, vehement, heated, wholehearted, full-hearted, heartfelt, deeply felt, deep-seated, deep-rooted, profound, emotional, sincere, earnest, eager, avid, enthusiastic 2literary Hot, burning, or glowing. Example sentencesExamples - Margaret Mary again mentions the fervid fire that felt like it would consume her.
- To dirt, chaos, maharajas, beggars, cows on the road, roaring rivers, fervid sunshine, unpredictability, and loud laughter.
- Some with the greatest access of luster equal the colors of painters, others the fervid flames of sulphur, or fires quickened with oil.
Synonyms white-hot, intensely hot, red-hot, burning, fiery, on fire, blazing, ablaze, aflame
Derivatives adverb A maverick and visionary artist, fervidly dedicated to the perpetuation of South Indian culture, S. Rajam has painted his dreams his way. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Kofuku,’ the voice called again, this time more intensely and fervidly.
- Do you remember being mystified by a student fervidly typing away on a PDA during the middle of a test?
- Singer's archeological inventory details the ‘curious intimacy’ of excavation, as each man fervidly declares his abject passion for Cinna and accuses the other of victimizing her.
- On December 9, 1870, Tolstoy announced to his wife that he was going to learn Greek and began immersing himself in the language fervidly on an almost daily basis: Xenophon, some Plato, above all, Homer.
Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'glowing, hot'): from Latin fervidus, from fervere 'to boil'. Compare with fervent and fervour. Definition of fervid in US English: fervidadjectiveˈfərvədˈfərvəd 1Intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree. a letter of fervid thanks Example sentencesExamples - Combined with fervid Methodism, you've got ruthless certainty.
- First, where do these kids (and they are still minors) get their fervid imaginations from?
- No great surprise there, except that this common-sense finding demolishes the implied presumptions of fervid gun control advocates.
- At times we see demonstrations, like the ones we just saw in your report, that seem very, very fervid.
- He brought to journalism a sense of mission - a fervid devotion to blunt truth-telling and historical witness.
- There's even a few of them mentioned in the Bible, but that may just be a jolly good novel and the figment of someone's fervid imagination.
- This fervid belief is essential to overcoming the inevitable dissenters and roadblocks that arise when challenging conventional notions.
- Imagine stopping right in the middle of your fervid workday and taking a three-hour break.
- This is the charm of spiritual tourism, of course, but it is only another form of consumer frenzy, the fervid acquisition of knowledge, boogie fever.
- I don't have the feeling that he is a fervid prosecutor in the sense that he thinks that anyone accused of something must be guilty.
- That is: the prevalent imagery of society is no longer focused on institutional structures, on embodied manners of acting and thinking, but on the tone, fervid or cool, of states of mind.
- Too many students left the teach-in feeling intimidated not by the overwhelming opposition to the war, but to the way an academic forum became a fervid presentation of an exclusive viewpoint.
- Within a year, they found capital and a venue (a hidden courtyard just off New Bond Street), and launched Hush, to some acclaim and fervid celebrity interest.
- They are also, in many ways, fervid advocates of 19th- and early 20th-century American views of international politics.
- He will seize any opportunity to pontificate, expressing his views with fervid self-assurance and with little concern for time constraints or his audience.
- Imagine a country with no McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's (the restaurant) or any other fervid fryers of French fries.
- Two decades ago, his band the Pogues achieved a certain popularity with a fervid stew of traditional folk and punkish energy, and dreamy poetic licence.
- A New Museum retrospective suggests that Adrian Piper's aggressively provocative work is as much the product of her genes as of her fervid talent.
- Anyway, in all my fervid imaginings, I never saw her with my mug in her hand, because I believed she'd learnt it was mine.
- And the atmosphere of today's Europe is different: Back then, the fervid, revanchist nationalism of the losers traded blows with the victory-happy nationalism of the winners.
Synonyms impassioned, passionate, intense, vehement, ardent, sincere, feeling, profound, deep-seated, heartfelt, deeply felt, emotional, animated, spirited - 1.1literary Burning, hot, or glowing.
Example sentencesExamples - To dirt, chaos, maharajas, beggars, cows on the road, roaring rivers, fervid sunshine, unpredictability, and loud laughter.
- Margaret Mary again mentions the fervid fire that felt like it would consume her.
- Some with the greatest access of luster equal the colors of painters, others the fervid flames of sulphur, or fires quickened with oil.
Synonyms white-hot, intensely hot, red-hot, burning, fiery, on fire, blazing, ablaze, aflame
Origin Late 16th century (in the sense ‘glowing, hot’): from Latin fervidus, from fervere ‘to boil’. Compare with fervent and fervor. |