fervid
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Synonyms & Antonyms for fervid
Synonyms
ardent, blazing, burning, charged, demonstrative, emotional, fervent, feverish, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, incandescent, intense, passional, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, religious, superheated, torrid, vehement, warm, warm-blooded
Antonyms
cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional
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In the mid-70s he and Kenny Davern — also a clarinetist and soprano saxophonist — formed Soprano Summit, an all-star combo whose fervid renditions of old repertoire made it a favorite among fans of traditional jazz. — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, "Bob Wilber, Champion of Jazz’s Legacy, Is Dead at 91," 9 Aug. 2019 That continues in 2019, as fervid boundary corner Xavier Rhodes regains his form after an injury-riddled ’18 campaign, while second-year corner Mike Hughes, despite coming off an ACL injury, steals playing time from solid No. — Andy Benoit, SI.com, "Vikings' Offense and Defense Look Ready to Rebound in 2019," 24 July 2019 At the time, Congress dedicated up to 4% of the federal budget to NASA in a fervid attempt to beat the Soviet Union to the lunar surface. — Jackie Wattles, CNN, "NASA wants astronauts to go back to the moon in 2024. Is it possible?," 21 June 2019 But news of the party’s kickoff, announced by the quiet, businesslike Shahbaz Sharif, was swept aside by blanket media coverage and fervid speculation on the court ruling and its probable impact on the Sharif family in the coming election. — Pamela Constable, Washington Post, "Pakistan court convicts former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in corruption case," 6 July 2018 That music is fervid enough in its original context, and the idea of turning it into an actual symphony — not just a suite that serves as a compilation of tunes and other thematic material — should be its own form of madness. — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, "San Francisco Symphony does right by little-known Prokofiev," 4 May 2018 With intricacy and humor, Van der Vliet Oloomi relays Zebra’s brainy, benighted struggles as a tragicomic picaresque whose fervid logic and cerebral whimsy recall the work of Bolaño and Borges. — Liesl Schillinger, New York Times, "Brainy and Benighted, Lost in the Books of Bolaño and Borges," 29 Mar. 2018 But he’s also seen how James Harrison deployed that as a strategy to create a fervid fan base. — Ben Baskin, SI.com, "Face of the NFL? Saquon Barkley Has a Plan," 18 Apr. 2018 Presenting Sottssas’s fervid imagination as having been fertilized by centuries of precedents is too simplistic. — Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, "‘Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical’ Review: A Cosmopolitan Creator," 25 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fervid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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