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How to pronounce fervour in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms excitation, excitement, fervor, inflammation
Type of emotional arousal
Has types sensation, fever pitch
Type Words
Synonyms ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire
Type of passion, passionateness
Has types zeal

Examples of fervour

fervour
It's true that gold stirs up fervour like little else, no matter where you live.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Perhaps no other company in the world inspires such patriotic pride and fervour.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He knows because he has experienced the fervour that a Wembley triumph can fuel.
From the independent.co.uk
As the shy suitor, Harry Hadden-Paton shakes and prances with tremulous fervour.
From the guardian.co.uk
No doubt Johnson would have embraced the possibilities of hypertext with fervour.
From the guardian.co.uk
More than that, it championed the end product, New Labour, with moving fervour.
From the economist.com
There might be a rekindling of the kind of nationalistic fervour of yesteryear.
From the economist.com
The same fervour will soon hit Houghton street with an intensity like no other.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
Not that we should get carried away on a tide of nationalist fervour, just yet.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Excitement: the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"
  • Ardor: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
  • A passionate enthusiasm for some cause; Heat