fervour meaning

Noun: fervour  furvu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=fervor)

1. Feelings of great warmth and intensity
   - ardor [US], ardour [Brit, Cdn], fervor [US], fervency, fire, fervidness 
2. The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
   - excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor [US]

Derived forms: fervours

See also: exciting, unexciting

Type of: emotional arousal, passion, passionateness

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1. i am cold; no fervour infects me.
2. he still retains the revolutionary fervour of the war years.
3. you should try to restrain the disproportionate fervour with which you throw yourself into commonplace home pleasures.
4. he was sincerely glad to see his sisters, but in their glow of fervour and flow of joy he could not sympathize.
5. cool reflection after the fervour of pursuing escaped criminals