fervour
Intense emotional heat
Fervour is intense, passionate feeling—especially enthusiasm or devotion: She spoke with fervour about the cause, religious fervour.
The word suggests heat and energy, an emotional temperature higher than mere interest or approval.
British spelling; Americans write fervor.
Intense emotional drive
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- intensityStrength or force level
- fireCombustion with flames
- flameBurning gas made visible
heat · warmth · desire · longing · yearning · infatuation · adoration · love
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
spirituality · religiosity · faith · zeal · prayer · sanctity · holiness · devoutness
Intense willingness to act
- zealIntense driving devotion
- avidityIntense keen interest
- keennessSharpness of perception
- gustoEnthusiastic vigor
relish · appetite · exuberance · ebullience · animation · liveliness · spiritedness · verve
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- convictionFirmly held belief
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
steadfastness · faithfulness · adherence · fidelity · perseverance · tenacity · resolve · determination
Forceful emotional passion
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
- fiercenessIntense aggressive quality
- furyIntense violent anger
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
white-hot · blazing · burning · searing · incandescence · torridity · heightened · acute
Direct effort for reform
- militancyCombative advocacy stance
- radicalismPursuit of sweeping change
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
crusade · movement · cause · revolution · agitation · protest · demonstration · rally
passion
Intense emotional drive
flame · heat · warmth · desire · longing · yearning · infatuation · adoration · love · obsession
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- venerationProfound admiring respect
reverence · spirituality · religiosity · faith · zeal · prayer · sanctity · holiness · devoutness · godliness
eagerness
Intense willingness to act
gusto · relish · appetite · exuberance · ebullience · animation · liveliness · spiritedness · verve · vim
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- convictionFirmly held belief
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
loyalty · steadfastness · faithfulness · adherence · fidelity · perseverance · tenacity · resolve · determination · single-mindedness
vehemence
Forceful emotional passion
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
- fiercenessIntense aggressive quality
- furyIntense violent anger
ferocity · white-hot · blazing · burning · searing · incandescence · torridity · heightened · acute · extreme
activism
Direct effort for reform
- militancyCombative advocacy stance
- radicalismPursuit of sweeping change
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
fanaticism · crusade · movement · cause · revolution · agitation · protest · demonstration · rally · campaign
fervourapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · dispassion · detachment · lethargy · unconcern
fervourboredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
disinterest · listlessness · languor · ennui · weariness
- religious fervorIntense spiritual devotion
- patriotic fervorIntense devotion to homeland
- spiritual fervorPassionate religious enthusiasm
- revolutionary fervorPassionate drive for upheaval
- evangelical fervorPassionate religious enthusiasm for spreading faith