fervid
UK/ˈfɜː.vɪd//ˈfɝ.vɪd/
fervid adjective: intensely hot; radiating with energy.
Adjective
fervid (comparative more fervid or fervider, superlative most fervid or fervidest)
- Intensely hot; radiating with energy.
- Four years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city.1878, Henry James, An International Episode
- In daylight, and in beauty from his birth: / Whose fervid, flickering torch of life was lit / From the sun and stars, whence he had drawn forth / A passionate light […]1884 [1827], Edgar Allan Poe, “Communion with Nature”, in Richard Herne Shepherd, editor, Tamerlane and Other Poems, London: George Redway
- lively, spirited, or frenzied due to being ardent, passionate, and zealous.
- Antonyms:
- frigid
fervid meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
fervid in Tamil
- இதமான, தீவிரமான, ஆழ்ந்த
fervid in Malayalam
- ardent, fervent, passionate
- വികാരതീവ്രമായ, തീക്ഷ്ണമായ, ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന, ഉൽക്കടമായ, വികാരവിജൃംഭിതമായ, അതിതീക്ഷ്ണ
Synonyms of fervid
Antonyms
Forms of fervid
| comparative | more fervid |
|---|---|
| comparative | fervider |
| superlative | most fervid |
| superlative | fervidest |
Origin of fervid
Borrowed from Latin fervidus, from ferveō. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + id.
Words formed from fervid
Questions about fervid
- What does fervid mean?
- Fervid means intensely hot; radiating with energy.
- What is fervid in Tamil?
- Fervid in Tamil is இதமான, தீவிரமான, ஆழ்ந்த. See Fervid meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fervid?
- Fervid is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fervid?
- Fervid is pronounced /ˈfɝ.vɪd/ (US).
Words near fervid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fervid (page history and authors); fervid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fervid (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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