fervours
Burning emotional intensities
Fervours is the British spelling of the plural of fervour—instances of intense, passionate feeling.
Religious fervours, patriotic fervours, revolutionary fervours: The political fervours of the 1960s seem distant now.
The word suggests emotion that runs hot, sometimes to the point of excess.
Strength or force level
- ardourIntense passionate enthusiasm
- zealIntense driving devotion
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- fireCombustion with flames
devotion · vehemence · burning · heat · desire · obsession · infatuation · rapture
Sincere religious devotion
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- zealIntense driving devotion
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
faith · spiritual · holy · sacred · divine · mystical · reverence · adoration
Direct effort for reform
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
ideological · militant · partisan · conviction · crusade · movement · rally · demonstration
intensity
Strength or force level
- ardourIntense passionate enthusiasm
- zealIntense driving devotion
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
fire · devotion · vehemence · burning · heat · desire · obsession · infatuation · rapture · ecstasy
piety
Sincere religious devotion
prayer · faith · spiritual · holy · sacred · divine · mystical · reverence · adoration · supplication
activism
Direct effort for reform
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
revolutionary · ideological · militant · partisan · conviction · crusade · movement · rally · demonstration · protest
fervoursapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · dispassion · listlessness · impassivity · lethargy
fervoursindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · unconcern · detachment · disinterest · nonchalance
fervourscoldness
Low temperature state
coolness · frigidity · iciness · chilliness · frostiness