All 7 Uses of
ardent
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- This man, whose costume was concealed by the crowd which surrounded him, did not appear to be more than five and thirty years of age; nevertheless, he was bald; he had merely a few tufts of thin, gray hair on his temples; his broad, high forehead had begun to be furrowed with wrinkles, but his deep-set eyes sparkled with extraordinary youthfulness, an ardent life, a profound passion.†
Chpt 1.2.3ardent = feeling intense emotion (often enthusiasm or love)
- Moreover, he was a sad, grave, serious child, who studied ardently, and learned quickly; he never uttered a loud cry in recreation hour, mixed but little in the bacchanals of the Rue du Fouarre, did not know what it was to ~dare alapas et capillos laniare~, and had cut no figure in that revolt of 1463, which the annalists register gravely, under the title of "The sixth trouble of the University."†
Chpt 1.4.2ardently = with intense enthusiasm (or another emotion)
- He threw himself, therefore, into the love for his little Jehan with the passion of a character already profound, ardent, concentrated; that poor frail creature, pretty, fairhaired, rosy, and curly,—that orphan with another orphan for his only support, touched him to the bottom of his heart; and grave thinker as he was, he set to meditating upon Jehan with an infinite compassion.†
Chpt 1.4.2ardent = feeling intense emotion (often enthusiasm or love)
- This young and beautiful girl given over in disarray to the ardent young man, made melted lead flow in his-veins; his eyes darted with sensual jealousy beneath all those loosened pins.†
Chpt 2.7.8
- The intoxicated captain pressed his ardent lips to those lovely African shoulders.†
Chpt 2.7.8 *
- Of all this Quasimodo could distinguish only the beautiful clasped hands, the smiles mingled with tears, the young girl's glances directed to the stars, the eyes of the captain lowered ardently upon her.†
Chpt 2.9.4ardently = with intense enthusiasm (or another emotion)
- Add twenty secondary groups, the waiters, male and female, running with jugs on their heads, gamblers squatting over taws, merelles,* dice, vachettes, the ardent game of tringlet, quarrels in one corner, kisses in another, and the reader will have some idea of this whole picture, over which flickered the light of a great, flaming fire, which made a thousand huge and grotesque shadows dance over the walls of the drinking shop.†
Chpt 2.10.3ardent = feeling intense emotion (often enthusiasm or love)
Definition:
showing or feeling intense emotion -- typically strong positive feelings such as enthusiasm or love