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adj. marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"

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"

fervent, fervid

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

avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedy

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"

ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited

adj. joyously unrestrained

alive(p)

adj. (followed by `to' or `of') aware of; "is alive to the moods of others"

feverish, hectic

adj. marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace"

passionate

adj. having or expressing strong emotions

steadfast, staunch, unswerving

adj. firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance"

firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)

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"

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

adj. 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"

vigorous

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"

avid, zealous

adj. marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"

avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile

adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

evangelical, evangelistic

adj. marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause

excited, het up

adj. in an aroused state

overenthusiastic

adj. unduly enthusiastic

anxious(p), dying(p)

adj. eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"

appetent

adj. marked by eager desire; "a big rich appetent Western city"

thirsty, athirst, hungry

adj. extremely desirous; usu followed by "for": "a thirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for information"

covetous, envious, jealous

adj. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"

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