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ARDENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Glowing or shining like fire
Example:
frightened by his ardent burning eyes
Classified under:
Similar:
bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by strong enthusiasm
Example:
warm support
Synonyms:
ardent; warm
Classified under:
Similar:
enthusiastic (having or showing great excitement and interest)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by intense emotion
Example:
a torrid love affair
Synonyms:
ardent; fervent; fervid; fiery; impassioned; perfervid; torrid
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
passionate (having or expressing strong emotions)
Context examples:
It must be her ardent wish that Harriet might be disappointed; and she hoped, that when able to see them together again, she might at least be able to ascertain what the chances for it were.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Such a change in a man of so much pride exciting not only astonishment but gratitude—for to love, ardent love, it must be attributed; and as such its impression on her was of a sort to be encouraged, as by no means unpleasing, though it could not be exactly defined.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Demi, with infantile penetration, soon discovered that Dodo like to play with 'the bear-man' better than she did him, but though hurt, he concealed his anguish, for he hadn't the heart to insult a rival who kept a mine of chocolate drops in his waistcoat pocket, and a watch that could be taken out of its case and freely shaken by ardent admirers.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He would naturally use the first words which came to his mind, and if there were so many which referred to sport among them, you may be tolerably sure that he is either an ardent shot or interested in breeding.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“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.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I am too ardent in execution and too impatient of difficulties.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The demure servant was gone, and there stood in his place a deep and dangerous man, one who might be an ardent lover or a most vindictive foe.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Such thoughts may come to middle age; but never to ardent three-and-twenty in the fever of his first love.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Indeed he does, and you know how truly; I know how ardent you are in any pursuit you follow, and how easily you can master it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I looked up at him to read the signs of bliss in his face: it was ardent and flushed.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
