Adjective
1. characterized by intense emotion;
"ardent love""an ardent lover""a burning enthusiasm""a fervent desire to change society""a fervent admirer""fiery oratory""an impassioned appeal""a torrid love affair"2. sincerely or intensely felt;
"a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort""a cordial abhorrence of waste""a fervent hope"3. extremely hot;
"the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne"set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope