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ardour

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ar·dour  (ärdr)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of ardor.

ardour US, ardor [ˈɑːdə]
n
1. feelings of great intensity and warmth; fervour
2. eagerness; zeal
[from Old French ardour, from Latin ārdor, from ārdēre to burn]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ardour - a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"
avidity, avidness, eagerness, keenness - a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
2.ardour - intense feeling of love
love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
3.ardour - feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
passion, passionateness - a strong feeling or emotion
zeal - excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation"

ardour
noun
1. passion, feeling, fire, heat, spirit, intensity, warmth, devotion, fervour, vehemence, fierceness The sexual ardour had cooled.
2. enthusiasm, zeal, eagerness, earnestness, keenness, avidity my ardour for football
Translations
ardour ardor (US) [ˈɑːdəʳ] N
1. (for sth) (= love) → pasión f; (= fervour, eagerness) → fervor m, ardor m
2. (romantic) → ardor m, pasión f

ardour [ˈɑːrr] ardor (US) nardeur f

ardour, (US) ardor
n (of person)Begeisterung f, → Leidenschaft f; (in voice also)Überschwang m; (of feelings also)Heftigkeit f; (of passions)Glut f (liter), → Feuer nt; (of poems, letters)Leidenschaftlichkeit f; the ardours of youthdie Leidenschaft der Jugend

ardour ardor (Am) [ˈɑːdəʳ] n (frm) → ardore m

ardour
n ardour [ˈaːdə]
enthusiasm; passion. passie حَماسَة شَديدَه، رَغْبَة مُلِحَّه плам nadšení, vášeň begejstring; iver; glød die Begeisterung θέρμη, ενθουσιασμός ardor vaimustus, ind اشتیاق؛ تب و تاب innokkuus ardeur לַהַט उत्ताप gorljivost semangat, hasrat ákafi, ástríða ardore, fervore 熱情 정열 aistra, įkarštis degsme; aizrautība ghairah hartstocht lidenskap, glød zapał paixão ardoare страсть náruživosť vnema oduševljenje glöd, iver อารมณ์ที่รุนแรง heyecan, ateşlilik 熱誠,熱情 пристрасть, запал گر مجوشی ، جذبہ nhiệt tình


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He was exactly formed to engage Marianne's heart, for with all this, he joined not only a captivating person, but a natural ardour of mind which was now roused and increased by the example of her own, and which recommended him to her affection beyond every thing else.
But even your best love is only an enraptured simile and a painful ardour.
As I walked by her side that May morning, I was only conscious of her voice and her exquisite girlhood; for though she talked with the APLOMB of a woman of the world, a passionate candour and simple ardour in her manner would have betrayed her, had her face not plainly declared her the incarnation of twenty.
 
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