" fervent "

1: having or expressing great depth of feeling;

  * e.g., " ... a fervent speech that called for tolerance and compassion for those who are different "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ardent,

•  blazing,

•  burning,

•  charged,

•  demonstrative,

•  emotional,

•  fervid,

•  feverish,

•  fiery,

•  flaming,

•  glowing,

•  hot-blooded,

•  impassioned,

•  incandescent,

•  intense,

•  passional,

•  passionate,

•  perfervid,

•  red-hot,

•  religious,

•  superheated,

•  torrid,

•  vehement,

•  warm,

•  warm-blooded

•  Antonyms : 

•  cold,

•  cool,

•  dispassionate,

•  emotionless,

•  impassive,

•  unemotional

2: having a notably high temperature;

  * e.g., " ... in the thick, fervent air of a tropical afternoon, a languor set in "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ardent,

•  boiling,

•  broiling,

•  burning,

•  fervid,

•  fiery,

•  hot,

•  piping hot,

•  red,

•  red-hot,

•  roasting,

•  scalding,

•  scorching,

•  searing,

•  sultry,

•  superheated,

•  sweltering,

•  torrid,

•  ultrahot,

•  white-hot

•  Antonyms : 

•  algid,

•  arctic,

•  bitter,

•  bone-chilling,

•  cold,

•  freezing,

•  frigid,

•  frozen,

•  glacial,

•  ice-cold,

•  iced,

•  icy