Adjective

(en adjective)

Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.

* 1819 , , Mathilda , ch. 3:

As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.

Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.

* 1876 , , "Mr. Captain and the Nymph," in Little Novels ,

Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!

Glowing, burning, very hot.

* 1611 , :

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Adjective

(er)

Displaying or feeling anger.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.}}

(said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.

The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.

Dark and stormy, menacing.

Angry clouds raced across the sky.

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