fervour

fervour
(BrE) (AmE fervor) noun
ADJECTIVE
great
evangelical, moral, religious
nationalist, nationalistic, patriotic, political, revolutionary
VERB + FERVOUR/FERVOR
arouse

The speech aroused nationalist fervour.

lose

Its followers have lost their religious fervour.

PREPOSITION
with fervour

He took up the cause with evangelical fervour.

fervour for

their fervour for the cause


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