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If you are ambivalent about something, you are uncertain whether you like it or what you should do about it.
When you have ardor for something, you have an intense feeling of love, excitement, and admiration for it.
A disaffected member of a group or organization is not satisfied with it; consequently, they feel little loyalty towards it.
Someone does something in a disinterested way when they have no personal involvement or attachment to the action.
An effervescent individual is lively, very happy, and enthusiastic.
When people equivocate, they avoid making a clear statement; they are deliberately vague in order to avoid giving a direct answer to a question.
If you show exuberance, you display great excitement, energy, and enthusiasm.
When you are impassioned about a cause or idea, you are very passionate or highly emotionally charged about it.
If someone is impassive, they are not showing any emotion.
Someone who is irresolute is unable to decide what to do.
If you are lethargic, you are tired, lack energy, and are unwilling to exert effort.
When you are listless, you lack energy and interest and are unwilling to exert any effort.
Someone who is nonchalant is very relaxed and appears not to be worried about anything.
If you are oblivious to something that is happening, you do not notice it.
Someone who is pertinacious is determined to continue doing something rather than giving up—even when it gets very difficult.
If someone watches or listens to something with rapt attention, they are so involved with it that they do not notice anything else.
If your body is affected by torpor, you are severely lacking in energy; therefore, you are idle—and can even be numb.
A thing or person that is unremitting is persistent and enduring in what is being done.
When you have a vehement feeling about something, you feel very strongly or intensely about it.
Someone who is zealous spends a lot of time, energy, and effort to support something— notably that of a political or religious nature—because they believe in it very strongly.
Adj.
fervid
FUR-vid
Context
Hattie was a fervid, passionate volunteer who felt that helping others was essential to life. Her fervid, enthusiastic energy and attention made the elders at the hospital feel cared for and loved. Hattie also volunteered at the elementary school, fervidly and eagerly supporting students in their work and boosting their confidence. Hattie’s fervid and spirited dedication earned her the service award for the year.
Quiz:Try again!
What is likely considered fervid?
A meeting between two people that is held in a top-secret location.
A debate between two people who feel passionately about an issue.
A piece of cheese that has sat out so long that it is moldy and smelly.
Ferret Video "Have you seen my new ferret video? It's the best! It's all about my pet ferret who is so funny and I'll bet you anything that it's going to win an Oscar. It's the best ferret video ever made!" We all couldn't believe that Bill was so fervid about a silly ferret home video.
Examples
When it came to crowd shots at Shea and Yankee stadiums, Fox’s 22 cameras favored fervid fans with hands pressed together in supplication.
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Sports Illustrated
They may gravitate instead to a model cast in the image of [Audrey] Withers, a woman driven less by self-regard and a thirst for fame than by a fervid sense of mission.
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New York Times
If someone is fervid about a belief he or she is “boiling over” with enthusiasm about it.
Word Theater
Billy on the Street This reporter is fervid about the actress Meryl Streep!
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Related Words
ardor ·
effervescent ·
exuberance ·
impassioned+ ·
pertinacious ·
rapt ·
unremitting ·
vehement ·
zealous ·
ambivalent ·
disaffected ·
disinterested ·
equivocate ·
impassive ·
irresolute ·
lethargic ·
listless ·
nonchalant ·
oblivious ·
torpor ·
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Word Variants
fervent
adj
→
showing great enthusiasm
fervor
n
→
enthusiasm
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