fervent
adjective
1. characterized by intense emotion
- a fervent desire to change society
- a fervent admirer
Similar word(s): passionate, ardent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid
2. (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing
- the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems
- set out...when the fervid heat subsides