ardent
marked by intense passion or enthusiasm
Word origin: From Latin ardere, to burn.
Ardent in a sentence
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She was an ardent supporter of the conservation campaign.
An ardent advocate for public libraries, she lobbied the council for years to restore their funding.
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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.
Using “ardent” well
Ardent conveys intense, burning enthusiasm or passion, with a warm and approving connotation. It often modifies supporters, admirers, and beliefs held with fervor.
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