FERVOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fervor mean? 

• FERVOR (noun)
  The noun FERVOR has 2 senses:

1. feelings of great warmth and intensity

2. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up

  Familiarity information: FERVOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FERVOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feelings of great warmth and intensity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

ardor; ardour; fervency; fervidness; fervor; fervour; fire

Context example:

he spoke with great ardor

Hypernyms ("fervor" is a kind of...):

passion; passionateness (a strong feeling or emotion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fervor"):

zeal (excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

excitation; excitement; fervor; fervour; inflammation

Context example:

he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation

Hypernyms ("fervor" is a kind of...):

emotional arousal (the arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior)

Attribute:

exciting (creating or arousing excitement)

unexciting (not exciting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fervor"):

fever pitch (a state of extreme excitement)

sensation (a state of widespread public excitement and interest)

 Context examples 

"If god spares Beth, I'll try to love and serve Him all my life," answered Jo, with equal fervor.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

His reverence for her, in that moment, was of the same order as religious awe and fervor.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He could kiss her lips, rest his own physical lips upon them, but it would be with the lofty and awful fervor with which one would kiss the robe of God.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was in moments like this that she felt to the uttermost the greatness of her love for Martin, for it was almost a swoon of delight to her to feel his strong arms about her, holding her tightly, hurting her with the grip of their fervor.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)