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adjective
- 1. intense and impassioned: literary "a perfervid gardener"
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Perfervid means showing intense feeling, especially in an exaggerated or overwrought way. Learn its synonyms, etymology, examples, and related words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Perfervid definition: very fervent; extremely ardent; impassioned. See examples of PERFERVID used in a sentence.
Synonyms for PERFERVID: passionate, passional, fervent, warm, intense, emotional, ardent, enthusiastic; Antonyms of PERFERVID: cold, dispassionate, cool, impassive, dry, objective, detached, impersonal.
- Some common synonyms of perfervid are ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, and passionate. While all these words mean "showing intense feeling," p...
- The words ardent and perfervid can be used in similar contexts, but ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm. // an ardent...
- While in some cases nearly identical to perfervid, fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal. // fervent good wishes
- The words fervid and perfervid are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly e...
- The synonyms impassioned and perfervid are sometimes interchangeable, but impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fl...
- While the synonyms passionate and perfervid are close in meaning, passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of e...
Anything that's perfervid is full of an intense, deep emotion. Your perfervid speeches begging your parents to get a dog may do no good if they're both allergic. When feelings are impassioned and intense, they're perfervid.
Perfervid is an adjective that means extremely ardent, enthusiastic, or zealous. It comes from New Latin perfervidus, from Latin per- (intensive) + fervidus fervid.
Perfervid means extremely or extravagantly eager; impassioned or zealous. Find the origin, pronunciation, and examples of perfervid and its synonyms in this online dictionary.
May 22, 2024 · perfervid (comparative more perfervid, superlative most perfervid) Extremely, excessively, or feverishly passionate; zealous.
