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Adjectives (11)
eager, avid, zealous
adj. marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"
hot, fervent, fervid, fiery, heated, torrid, impassioned, perfervid
adj. characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
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burning, fervent, fervid, fiery
adj. 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
eager, esurient, greedy, hot, avid, devouring
adj. (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
exuberant, ebullient, high-spirited
adj. joyously unrestrained
alive, animated
adj. (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief"
feverish, hectic
adj. marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace"
passionate
adj. having or expressing strong emotions
staunch, steadfast, unswerving
adj. firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance"
fast, firm, loyal, truehearted
adj. unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"
true
adj. consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"
stable
adj. resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices"
hot, ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, heated, torrid, impassioned, perfervid
adj. characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
vigorous, vehement
adj. characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"
burning, fervent, fervid, fiery
adj. 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
tropic, sultry, sweltering, sweltry, tropical
adj. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather"
hot, red-hot, sizzling
adj. characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues"
scorching, sizzling
adj. hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound; "a sizzling steak"; "a sizzling spell of weather"
emotional
adj. of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
stirring, soul-stirring
adj. exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions; "a stirring speech"
touching, affecting, poignant
adj. arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"
enthusiastic
adj. having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons"
emphatic, emphasized
adj. spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"
ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rhapsodic
adj. feeling great rapture or delight
madcap, tearaway, brainish, hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous
adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)
cordial, hearty
adj. showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; "gave us a cordial reception"; "a hearty welcome"
friendly
adj. characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"
romantic, amatory
adj. expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride"
bathetic, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy
adj. effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
titillating, erotic
adj. giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing
excited, het up
adj. in an aroused state
violent, vehement, fierce
adj. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"
eager, ardent, avid, zealous
adj. marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"
vigorous, vehement
adj. characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"
glowing
adj. highly enthusiastic; "glowing praise"
serious
adj. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"
critical
adj. characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
Synonyms (17)
evangelical, evangelistic
adj. marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause
excited, het up
adj. in an aroused state
overenthusiastic
adj. unduly enthusiastic
lusty, amorous, lustful
adj. vigorously passionate
choleric
adj. easily moved to anger; "men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wells
demon-ridden
adj. as if possessed by demons
fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid
adj. marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
manic
adj. affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason; "a frenzied attack"; "a frenzied mob"; "the prosecutor's frenzied denunciation of the accused"- H.W.Carter; "outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity"
wild, violent
adj. in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief"
Antonyms (0)
ardent
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