Ardent
['ɑːd(ə)nt] or ['ɑrdnt]
Definition
(adj.) glowing or shining like fire; 'from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes'- Alexander Pope; 'frightened by his ardent burning eyes' .
(adj.) characterized by strong enthusiasm; 'ardent revolutionaries'; 'warm support' .
(adj.) characterized by intense emotion; 'ardent love'; 'an ardent lover'; 'a fervent desire to change society'; 'a fervent admirer'; 'fiery oratory'; 'an impassioned appeal'; 'a torrid love affair' .
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Definition
(a.) Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.
(a.) Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.
(a.) Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.
Typist: Ludwig
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Hot, burning, fiery.[2]. Warm, passionate, fervent, impassioned, eager, intense, keen, sharp, vehement, fiery, earnest, fervid, glowing, zealous, devoted, enthusiastic, strenuous, sanguine.[3]. Alcoholic, spirituous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Longing, passionate, aspiring, {[-warm]?}, eager, fervent, excited, fiery,glowing, zealous, fervid, fierce, keen, vehement, hot, affectionate, impassioned,burning, heated
ANT:Cool, cold, indifferent, dispassioned, apathetic, passionless, {[un]?},impassioned, phlegmatic, platonic
Typist: Morton
Definition
adj. burning: fiery: passionate: zealous: fervid.—adv. Ard′ently.—n. Ard′our warmth of passion or feeling: eagerness: enthusiasm (with for)—also Ard′ency.—Ardent spirits distilled alcoholic liquors whisky brandy &c. The use of the word as = 'inflammable combustible ' is obsolete except in this phrase.
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Examples
- I am too ardent in execution, and too impatient of difficulties. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- If it were as you say, what could be sadder than so much ardent labor all in vain? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And you felt self-satisfied with the result of your ardent labours? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Which would turn out to have the more foresight in it--her rationality or Caleb's ardent generosity? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The boy sighed deeply, and, bestowing an ardent gaze upon its plumpness, unwillingly consigned it to his master. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am sensitive, ardent, conscientious, and imaginative. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The satisfaction derived from this act was all that the most ardent moralist could have desired. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- With the revolution, he became an ardent republican and a supporter of the new French régime in Corsica. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Passionate desire of sympathy, and ardent pursuit for a wished-for object still characterized me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The kiss which followed this declaration was as long and as ardent as our first! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- After some rest and change, I fell to work, in my old ardent way, on a new fancy, which took strong possession of me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Fulton, always an ardent patriot, answered, At all events, whatever may be your reward, I will never consent to let these inventions lie dormant should my Country at any time have need of them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Is he an ardent lover of Nature? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Yet the purpose of his soul, his energy and ardent resolution, prevented any re-action of sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Try to hold me in your mind, at some quiet times, as ardent and sincere in this one thing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Preece, who, having been seriously sceptical as to Mr. Edison's results, became one of his most ardent advocates, and did much to facilitate the introduction of the light. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yes--this Josef Emanuel--this man of peace--reminded me of his ardent brother. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At least it cannot be your health, said he, as his keen eyes darted over her, so ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was an ardent friend of American independence. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Science has given to music the ardent devotion of a lover, and resolved a confused mass of more or less pleasant noises into liquid harmonies. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- On the whole, one might say that an ardent charity was at work setting the virtuous mind to make a neighbor unhappy for her good. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She thanked him in the most ardent terms for his intended services towards her father; and at the same time she gently deplored her own fate. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Ardent souls, ready to construct their coming lives, are apt to commit themselves to the fulfilment of their own visions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Jane Eyre, who had been an ardent, expectant woman--almost a bride, was a cold, solitary girl again: her life was pale; her prospects were desolate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- One of these was the son of a country-curate; he was a generous, frank-hearted youth, with an ardent love of knowledge, and no mean acquirements. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A sensitive, ardent, conscientious, and imaginative man, Mr Flintwinch, must be that, or nothing! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I looked up at him to read the signs of bliss in his face: it was ardent and flushed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You know not how very delicate is her conscience; how pure, yet how ardent are her feelings! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mrs. Beddoes, gay, witty, and elegant lady, and an ardent admirer of the youthful scientist, was a sister of Maria Edgeworth. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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