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

[ Syn: ardent , fervent , fiery , impassioned , perfervid , torrid ]

extremely hot; the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems- Nathaniel Hawthorne; set out...when the fervid heat subsides- Frances Trollope

[ Syn: fervent ]