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• s  characterized by intense emotion
  ardent love
  an ardent lover
• s  characterized by strong enthusiasm
  ardent revolutionaries
• s  glowing or shining like fire
  from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope
  frightened by his ardent burning eyes

• When the singer sang three of his best songs, a crowd of over ten thousand rewarded him with an earnest and ardent applause.
• Peter is an ardent fan of Manchester United.
• Though John was a ardent believer in mankind's inherent goodness, he couldn't elicit goodwill from his neighbors, many of whom found his mystical approach toward religion baffling.

• fervent
• fervid
• fiery
• impassioned
• perfervid
• torrid
• warm

News & Articles

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• Mumbai's Endangered Mannequins
  Even the most ardent supporters of Mumbai (and I count myself as one) will admit that the creaking infrastructure of India’s financial capital is fast making the city a tough place to live in. Atrocious traffic jams, potholed roads and water cuts are par for the course. As I tell my friends in other cities, my Bombay ( I stubbornly refer to it by its old name) has become Slumbay.
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes
• In memoriam: Donna Hoffman
  The arts world in Cincinnati lost an ardent supporter recently, when Donna Hoffman lost her battle with cancer. Mrs. Hoffman, 73, will be remembered for her strong, always upbeat personality. She was always smiling, and she loved the opera, where she and her husband, Don, had their first date. (It was “La Boheme.”) Here is a ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
• Mike Tyson pays seniors in Jersey City a surprise visit
  After dancing at the Tonys, Mike Tyson visited a group of senior citizens. In a further sign the former heavyweight champ and ardent pigeon fancier...
  June 12, 2013 - New York Post

Quotes

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• Ken Warwick in People Magazine
  I do not have confidence that if she were confirmed to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court she would suddenly constrain the ardent political advocacy that has marked much of her adult life. The American people expect a justice who will... Mitch McConnell http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEZA1ca3PJ7nNpSJFQIuI8CQ4eMWw The Hill http://www.google.com/url?q=http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/107045-sen-murkowski-to-vote-against-kagan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGxVSf3q3qy8JfP6nHmA-3eIVVCpQ Jul 2, 2010 5184 7596 ardent I was in the room there and I can absolutely put my hand on my heart and say I didn't know," Warwick says. "I didn't even know that this person was a risk or termed as a stalker. I knew she was a fan, an ardent fan. But that's the only thing...
• Nancy Pelosi in FOXNews
  As an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time,Pelosi told NBC's Tom Brokaw, who had asked her when life begins. "And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able...