fervour
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled
Types & categories
- emotional arousal hypernym
- fever pitch hyponym
- sensation hyponym
Related & opposite
- exciting attribute
- unexciting attribute
- stimulate derivation
- excite derivation
- stir derivation
Sense 2 noun
feelings of great warmth and intensity
he spoke with great ardor
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- ardent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | exciting |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | unexciting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excite |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stir |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | emotional arousal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fever pitch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sensation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ardent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | passion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | zeal |