| Main Entry: | perfervid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passionate |
Synonyms: |
amorous, ardent, aroused, blazing, burning, concupiscent, desirous, dithyrambic, erotic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, heavy*, hot*, hot-blooded, impassioned, lascivious, libidinous, loving, lustful, prurient, red-hot, romantic, scorching, sexy, steamy, stimulated, sultry, torrid, turned-on, wanton, wistful |
| Main Entry: | fervent/fervid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic, excited |
Synonyms: |
animated, ardent, blazing, burning, devout, dying to, eager, earnest, ecstatic, emotional, enthused, falling all over oneself, fiery, glowing, go great guns, heartfelt, hearty, hot*, hot-blooded, impassioned, intense, passionate, perfervid, pious, religious, responsive, serious, sincere, unfeigned, vehement, warm, warmhearted, wholehearted, zealous |
Antonyms: |
cool, discouraged, dispirited, impassive, uncaring, unenthusiastic, unexcited |
| Main Entry: | fiery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passionate; on fire |
Synonyms: |
ablaze, afire, aflame, agitable, alight, blazing, burning, choleric, combustible, conflagrant, enthusiastic, excitable, febrile, fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, flaming, flaring, flickering, flushed, glowing, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hot-headed, hot-tempered, igneous, ignited, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, in flames, inflamed, intense, irascible, irritable, madcap, peppery, perfervid, precipitate, red-hot, spirited, unrestrained, vehement, violent |
Antonyms: |
cold, cool, dull, flat, impassive, subdued |
| Main Entry: | impassioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited, vehement |
Synonyms: |
animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, fired up, flaming, furious, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, inflamed, inspired, intense, melodramatic, moving, mushy, overemotional, passionate, perfervid, powerful, profound, red-hot, romantic, rousing, sentimental, starry-eyed, steamed up, stirring, torrid, violent, vivid, warm, white-hot, wild about, worked up, zealous |
| Notes: | impassioned means characterized by intense emotion or full of passion, while impassive means having or revealing little emotion |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, calm, cool, impassive, indifferent, unconcerned, unexcited |
| Main Entry: | keen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
agog, alert, animate, animated, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, devoted, dying to, eager, earnest, ebullient, fervent, fervid, fierce, fond of, gung ho, impassioned, impatient, intense, intent, interested, lively, perfervid, spirited, sprightly, thirsty, vehement, vivacious, warm, zealous |
Antonyms: |
reluctant, unenthusiastic, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | fervent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
animated, ardent, blazing, burning, devout, dying to, eager, earnest, ecstatic, emotional, enthused, excited, fervid, fiery, glowing, gotta have, gung ho, heartfelt, hearty, hopped up, hot, hot for, hot-blooded, impassioned, intense, passionate, perfervid, pious, religious, responsive, serious, sincere, tender, unfeigned, vehement, warm, warmhearted, wholehearted, zealous |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, cool, dispassionate, dispirited, indifferent, unenthusiastic, unexcited |
| Main Entry: | hot-blooded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passionate |
Synonyms: |
amorous, ardent, aroused, blazing, burning, concupiscent, desirous, dithyrambic, erotic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, heavy*, hot*, impassioned, lascivious, libidinous, loving, lustful, perfervid, prurient, red-hot, romantic, scorchin |