Synonyms for ardent
ˈɑr dntar·dent

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1. ardent

   One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.

   Synonyms:
   animated, anxious, burning, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, hot, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealous

   Antonyms:
   apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved

   Preposition:
   Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.

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1. ardent

   Synonyms:
   longing, passionate, aspiring, warm, eager, fervent, excited, fiery, glowing, zealous, fervid, fierce, keen, vehement, hot, affectionate, impassioned, burning, heated

   Antonyms:
   cool, cold, indifferent, dispassioned, apathetic, passionless, unimpassioned, phlegmatic, platonic

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1. ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torridadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   perfervid, flaming, warm, fervid, fiery, fervent, igneous, torrid, impassioned

   Antonyms:
   unenthusiastic, passionless, dull

2. ardent, warmadjective

   characterized by strong enthusiasm

   "ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support"

   Synonyms:
   perfervid, tender, lovesome, warm, fervid, fond, strong, fiery, fervent, quick, torrid, impassioned, affectionate

   Antonyms:
   dull, passionless, unenthusiastic

3. ardentadjective

   glowing or shining like fire

   "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes"

   Synonyms:
   torrid, fervent, perfervid, fervid, impassioned, warm, fiery

   Antonyms:
   dull, unenthusiastic, passionless

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1. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   hot, burning, fiery

2. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   warm, passionate, fervent, impassioned, eager, intense, keen, sharp, vehement, fiery, earnest, fervid, glowing, zealous, devoted, enthusiastic, strenuous, sanguine

3. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   alcoholic, spirituous

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1. ardentadjective

   Synonyms:
   zealous, passionate, fervent, warm, enthusiastic, sanguine, vehement, impassioned, spirituous, alcoholic, fiery, hot, burning, flagrant, intense

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1. List of paraphrases for "ardent":

   fervent, staunch, passionate, enthusiastic, keen, strong, fiery, earnest, avid, devout, eager

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1. John Quincy Adams:

   Of the two great political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country, the candid and the just will now admit that both have contributed splendid talents, spotless integrity, ardent patriotism, and disinterested sacrifices to the formation and administration of this Government, and that both have required a liberal indulgence for a portion of human infirmity and error.

2. George Eliot:

   The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.

3. William S. Gilbert:

   Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest, And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers

4. Diogenes:

   As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

5. Phillips Brooks:

   The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.