In a football game the spectators are usually ardent rooters for one of the two teams, but there also is a small group who will climb on the bandwagon of the winning team.
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Ardent
/ˈɑːdənt/
Synonyms for "ardent" (315 found)
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Strong matches (95)
drunkeagerearnestebullienteloquentemotionalemphaticenergeticenthusiasticeroticexcitedexcitingextremeexuberantfainfaithfulfanaticfastfavorablefavorably disposed
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favorably inclinedfebrileferventfervidfeveredfeverishfiercefieryfireflagrantflamingflaringflickeringflushedforwardfuminggamegenialglowinggreatgrillinggutteringhardhard corehard-corehardworkinghastyheartfeltheartyheatedhectichospitablehothot as firehot as hellhot bloodedhot-bloodedhotheadedignescentignitedimpassionedimpatientimpetuousimportunateimpulsivein a blazein a glowin earnestin flamesin the mindin the moodincandescentinclinedindefatigable
Adjective(17 words)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (157)
industriousinflamedinsistentintenseintentintent onintoxicatedkeenkindledlaboriouslasciviousliegelike a furnacelike an ovenlivelivelylivingloverlikeloverlyloving
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loyalmadmadcapmightymindednever idleon fireoverheatedoverwarmparchingpassionateperfervidpiping hotpliantpowerfulprecipitatepredisposedpromptproneprovokingquickreadyready and willingreceptivered hotred-hotreekingrelentlessresoluteresponsiveroastingscaldingscintillantscintillatingscorchingsearingsedulousseethingserioussexualsimmeringsinceresizzlingsizzling hotsleeplesssmokingsmoking hotsmolderingsolicitoussoulfulsparkingspiritedspirituousstaunchsteadfaststeadysteamingsteamystimulatingstirringstrenuousstrongsudorificsweatingsweatyswelteringsweltrythirstytirelesstoastingtorridtotally committedtractabletrueuncontrolledunextinguishedunflaggingungovernedunquenchedunremittingunrestrainedunsleepingunsparingunweariedurgentvehementvigorousvinousvoraciouswarmwarmheartedwell-disposedwell-inclinedwhite hotwhite-hotwholeheartedwilledwillingwillingheartedwinywith a kickzealous
Noun(9 words)
Adjective(23 words)
intense energyintense feelingintense heatintense pursuitkeenerkeenestmadmaniacalobsessiveoverzealouspassionateperfervidrabidrapturoussteady eagernessstrong likingtorridunrestrained zealvehement deliverywarm
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Verb(1 words)
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More general
3 entriesemotional intensityemotional stateextreme emotion
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2 entriesCollocations
6 entriesardent advocateardent commitmentardent defenderardent desireardent nationalismardent supporter
Inflections
2 entriesmore ardentmost ardent
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
This pair of lovers were carrying on an ardent correspondence.
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It is our ardent hope that the war will end soon.
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He is an ardent music lover.
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