1. (

• ardent ,
• fervent ,
• fervid ,
• fiery ,
• impassioned ,
• perfervid ,
• torrid

) 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" ;

2. (

• fervent ,
• fervid

) (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope ;