impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression.
an impassioned plea for justice
passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion.
a passionate denunciation
ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm.
an ardent supporter of human rights
fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal.
fervent good wishes
fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion.
fervid love letters
perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings.
perfervid expressions of patriotism
Example Sentences
Her lawyer made an impassioned argument in her defense. an impassioned plea for justice
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