fervid
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˈfɜrvɪd/
- You will simply have to use your fervid imagination.
- fervid fan
- fervid imagination
Examples
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Finding a wall niche, half-hidden behind a tapestry, he slipped into it, whispering a fervid prayer to the Virgin, begging her blessed intervention.
Fiction book (2000) -
He worked with fervid intensity.
Fiction book (2002) -
Why did the Conservative-led coalition undertake such a fervid privatization process in the late 1980s?
Academic text (1996) -
Such degeneration was, in fact, the fuel that propelled the missionary engine in the early republic as well as in subsequent periods of fervid missionary activity.
Academic text (2003) -
They love this kind of fervid (if feverish, even deluded) devotion because it helps drive voter turnout.
Blog text (1) -
The speaker delivered a fervid speech that inspired the audience to take action.
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Her fervid enthusiasm for the project motivated everyone in the team.
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The fervid debate between the two candidates captivated the voters.
Synonyms
359
2.8
Having very strong feelings about something
41
3.5
Full of strong, often angry feelings
35
6.3
Feeling very strong excitement or love for something
28
5.8
Being full of strong feelings that show in words or actions
23
6.8
Very strong support for an idea or cause without question
23
6.1
Showing very strong and true feelings, often for a person or cause
18
4.3
Showing very strong enthusiasm for a cause in a way that ignores reason
1
9.8
Showing strong emotion, often in a dramatic or poetic way
1
9.9
Showing very strong and passionate feeling
Antonyms
How Passionate
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6.8
21
6.8
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8.4
35
6.3
167
2.7
29
3.7
4
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
fervid = ferv + id
Although analyzable as Latin root 'ferv-' + adjective-forming '-id', the root is not a productive English morpheme and the modern sense 'intense, passionate' is a borrowed lexical meaning not transparently built from familiar English bases.
Etymology
The word fervid comes from the Latin fervere 'to boil' and is related to the English word fervor for strong feeling. So to be fervid is to have emotions that feel like 'boiling' heat—very intense and passionate.