Definition: extremely hot
Usage: the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems- Nathaniel Hawthorne; set out...when the fervid heat subsides- Frances Trollope
Main entry: ardent, perfervid, torrid, impassioned, fervent, fervid, fiery
Definition: characterized by intense emotion
Usage: ardent love; an ardent lover; a fervent desire to change society; a fervent admirer; fiery oratory; an impassioned appeal; a torrid love affair