ARDENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ardent mean? 

• ARDENT (adjective)
  The adjective ARDENT has 3 senses:

1. characterized by intense emotion

2. characterized by strong enthusiasm

3. glowing or shining like fire

  Familiarity information: ARDENT used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARDENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by intense emotion

Synonyms:

ardent; fervent; fervid; fiery; impassioned; perfervid; torrid

Context example:

a torrid love affair

Similar:

passionate (having or expressing strong emotions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Characterized by strong enthusiasm

Synonyms:

ardent; warm

Context example:

warm support

Similar:

enthusiastic (having or showing great excitement and interest)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Glowing or shining like fire

Context example:

frightened by his ardent burning eyes

Similar:

bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)

 Context examples 

His love was more ardent than ever, for he loved her for what she was, and even her physical frailty was an added charm in his eyes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

For a moment we caught a glimpse of the natural man, impulsive, ardent, keenly sensitive.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As danger thickened his jaunty manner would increase, his speech become more racy, his cold eyes glitter into ardent life, and his Don Quixote moustache bristle with joyous excitement.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After some rest and change, I fell to work, in my old ardent way, on a new fancy, which took strong possession of me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But if the narrowness of the village life chafed my easy spirit, it was a torture to the keen and ardent mind of Boy Jim.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And you felt self-satisfied with the result of your ardent labours?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

To her it was but the natural consequence of a strong affection in a young and ardent mind.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of heroism, fortitude, patience, resignation: of all the conflicts and all the sacrifices that ennoble us most.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Here Fanny, who could not but listen, involuntarily shook her head, and Crawford was instantly by her side again, entreating to know her meaning; and as Edmund perceived, by his drawing in a chair, and sitting down close by her, that it was to be a very thorough attack, that looks and undertones were to be well tried, he sank as quietly as possible into a corner, turned his back, and took up a newspaper, very sincerely wishing that dear little Fanny might be persuaded into explaining away that shake of the head to the satisfaction of her ardent lover; and as earnestly trying to bury every sound of the business from himself in murmurs of his own, over the various advertisements of A most desirable Estate in South Wales; To Parents and Guardians; and a Capital season'd Hunter.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)