" ardor "

1: depth of feeling;

  * e.g., " ... candidates for citizenship reciting the oath of allegiance to the United States with all the ardor that they could muster "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ardency,

•  emotion,

•  enthusiasm,

•  fervency,

•  fervidness,

•  fervor,

•  fire,

•  heat,

•  intenseness,

•  intensity,

•  passion,

•  passionateness,

•  vehemence,

•  violence,

•  warmth,

•  white heat

•  Antonyms : 

•  impassiveness,

•  impassivity,

•  insensibility,

•  insensibleness,

•  insensitiveness,

•  insensitivity

2: urgent desire or interest;

  * e.g., " ... his ardor for combat cooled once he began experiencing the horrors of war "

•  Synonyms : 

•  appetite,

•  avidity,

•  avidness,

•  desirousness,

•  eagerness,

•  enthusiasm,

•  excitement,

•  hunger,

•  impatience,

•  keenness,

•  lust,

•  thirst

•  Antonyms : 

•  apathy,

•  indifference

3: intense sexual desire;

  * e.g., " ... her revealing outfit only inflamed his ardor all the more "

•  Synonyms : 

•  concupiscence,

•  eros,

•  eroticism,

•  horniness,

•  itch,

•  lust,

•  lustfulness,

•  passion

•  Antonyms : 

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