Ardor
['ɑːdə] or ['ɑrdɚ]
Definition
(noun.) feelings of great warmth and intensity; 'he spoke with great ardor'.
(noun.) intense feeling of love.
(noun.) a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); 'they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor'; 'he felt a kind of religious zeal'.
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Definition
(n.) Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
(n.) Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
(n.) Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Heat, warmth.[2]. Zeal, fervor, fervency, flame, glow, excitement, sharpness, earnestness, eagerness, heartiness, devotion, enthusiasm, soul, spirit, vehemence, impetuosity, intensity, passion.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ARDENT]
Typist: Martha
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
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Examples
- Filled with the ardor of research Davy went on with his experiments at Clifton. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- His ardor had worn him out, and he was forced to take a holiday at Penzance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- From fire to oil was a natural transition for burned fingers, and Amy fell to painting with undiminished ardor. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They began to master the energies and dull the ardor of the party. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They may be taken by storm and for the moment converted, becoming part of the soul which enwraps them in the ardor of its movement. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It wo uld encourage the best geometers to seek with renewed ardor the eternal truths which, in Pliny's phrase, are latent in the majesty of theory. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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