fervor
pronunciation
How to pronounce fervor in British English:
UK [ˌfɜ:və]
How to pronounce fervor in American English:
US [ˈfəvɚ]
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- Noun:
- feelings of great warmth and intensity
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
Word Origin
- fervor (n.)
- mid-14c., "warmth or glow of feeling," from Old French fervor "heat; enthusiasm, ardor, passion" (12c., Modern French ferveur), from Latin fervor "a boiling, violent heat; passion, ardor, fury," from fervere "to boil; be hot" (see brew (v.)).
Antonym
Example
- 1. But dog activists have defended their fervor as a necessity .
- 2. We live in a strange and precarious time that resembles at its heart the hysteria and superstitious fervor of the witch trials of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries .
- 3. Conservative groups responded with equal fervor to the court 's decision .
- 4. The revolutionary fervor of the past year has no doubt affected the arab word 's diverse economies differently .
- 5. Traditional festivals are celebrated in richmond with the same fervor displayed at shows by pop singers flown in fresh from their homeland .