[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ardent \ar"dent\, a. oe. ardaunt, f. ardant, p. pr. of arder to
   burn, fr. l. ardere.
   1. hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as,
      ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent
      fever.
      1913 webster

   2. having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing;
      shining; as, ardent eyes. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate;
      fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings,
      zeal, hope, temper.
      1913 webster

            an ardent and impetuous race.         --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   syn: burning; hot; fiery; glowing; intense; fierce; vehement;
        eager; zealous; keen; fervid; fervent; passionate;
        affectionate.
        1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ardent
     adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
            lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
            change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
            "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" syn:
            burninga, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned,
             perfervid, torrid
     2: characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent
        revolutionaries"; "warm support" syn: warm
     3: glowing or shining like fire; "from rank to rank she darts
        her ardent eyes"- alexander pope; "frightened by his
        ardent burning eyes"
see also:
burninga fervent fervid fiery impassioned perfervid 
torrid warm 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

231 moby thesaurus words for "ardent":
   abandoned, ablaze, acquiescent, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow,
   agog, agreeable, alacritous, alcoholic, alight, amative, amatory,
   amenable, amorous, and, anxious, assiduous, athirst, avid, baking,
   blazing, blistering, boiling, boiling over, breathless, broiling,
   burning, burning hot, candent, candescent, canicular, comburent,
   committed, compliant, conflagrant, consenting, constant, content,
   cooperative, cordial, crying, dedicated, delirious, desirous,
   devoted, devout, diligent, disposed, docile, drunk, eager, earnest,
   ebullient, emphatic, energetic, enthusiastic, erotic, excited,
   exciting, extreme, exuberant, fain, faithful, fanatic, favorable,
   favorably disposed, favorably inclined, febrile, fervent, fervid,
   fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery, flagrant, flaming, flaring,
   flickering, flushed, forward, fuming, game, genial, glowing, great,
   grilling, guttering, hard, hard-core, hardworking, hasty, hearty,
   heated, hectic, hospitable, hot, hot as fire, hot as hell,
   hot-blooded, hotheaded, ignescent, ignited, impassioned, impatient,
   impetuous, importunate, impulsive, in a blaze, in a glow,
   in earnest, in flames, in the mind, in the mood, incandescent,
   inclined, indefatigable, industrious, inflamed, insistent, intense,
   intent, intent on, intoxicated, keen, kindled, laborious,
   lascivious, liege, like a furnace, like an oven, live, lively,
   living, loverlike, loverly, loyal, madcap, mighty, minded,
   never idle, on fire, overheated, overwarm, parching, passionate,
   perfervid, piping hot, pliant, powerful, precipitate, predisposed,
   prompt, prone, provoking, quick, ready, ready and willing,
   receptive, red-hot, reeking, relentless, resolute, responsive,
   roasting, scalding, scintillant, scintillating, scorching, searing,
   sedulous, seething, serious, sexual, simmering, sincere, sizzling,
   sizzling hot, sleepless, smoking, smoking hot, smoldering,
   sparking, spirited, spirituous, staunch, steadfast, steaming,
   steamy, stimulating, stirring, strenuous, strong, sudorific,
   sweating, sweaty, sweltering, sweltry, thirsty, tireless, toasting,
   torrid, totally committed, tractable, true, uncontrolled,
   unextinguished, unflagging, ungoverned, unquenched, unremitting,
   unrestrained, unsleeping, unsparing, unwearied, urgent, vehement,
   vigorous, vinous, warm, warmhearted, well-disposed, well-inclined,
   white-hot, willed, willing, willinghearted, winy, with a kick,
   zealous

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