See ardent in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Fired with intense feeling:
blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid. See feelingsShowing or having enthusiasm:
enthusiastic, fervent, keen1, mad, rabid, warm, zealous. (Informal) crazy. (Slang) gung ho, nuts. See concernIntensely desirous or interested:
agog, athirst, avid, bursting, eager, impatient, keen1, solicitous, thirsting, thirsty. (Informal) raring. Idioms: champing at the bit, ready and willing. See concernMarked by much heat:
baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, fiery, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid. See hot
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