fervidness

Intense emotional heat

Fervidness is the quality of being intensely passionate or emotionally heated.

The word carries connotations of burning enthusiasm or zealous conviction: the fervidness of his devotion to the cause, She spoke with a fervidness that silenced the room.

The term is literary and somewhat old-fashioned; fervor is more common in everyday speech.

romantic

desire

Intense wanting

amour · enchantment · obsession · flame · ardor · lovemaking · eroticism · sensuality · attraction · captivation

ardor

passion

Intense emotional drive

warmth · devotion · earnestness · wholeheartedness · sincerity · heartfeltness · exuberance · spirit · vehemence · fire

intensity

heat

Transferred thermal energy

force · extremity · severity · acuteness · depth · potency · burning · scorching · blazing · white-hot

devotion

dedication

Wholehearted loyalty to purpose

fidelity · piety · faithfulness · allegiance · ardency · single-mindedness · unwavering · resolute · tireless · wholehearted

Opposites
emotional intensity

fervidnesscoldness

Low temperature state

frigidity · coolness · apathy · indifference · impassivity

interpersonal warmth

fervidnessaloofness

Emotional unavailability, standoffishness

reserve · reservedness · detachment · chilliness · coolness

Family

fervor, fervent, effervescent, fervid, fervently, effervescence, fervors, fervour, ferventness

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G