ardour Definition
ar·dour (är′dər)
noun
Brit. ardor
ardour Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- chase: It has beauty and worth; it alone can properly reward the ardours of the chase.
- youth: Johnny was younger at the time, and, in the foolish ardor of youth, attempted to rise when knocked down.
- love: I could not take my gaze off that beautiful face, which was all aflame with the ardor of love.
- travel: The remainder of the day is free for you to recover from the ardours of modern travel and to enjoy local surroundings.
Converse of object
- cool: Into the cold water he went, and then back he came with his ardor well cooled.
- dampen: If Mary Whitehouse hoped to dampen the ardor of the gay community, she failed.
- increase: Softly they sang, and sweetly, glancing at Narada, at first with shy delight, and then with increasing ardor.
- have: Similarly, the Japanese seem to have less ardor for luxury goods than in the boom years of the late 90s.
Adjective modifier
- great: Having determined to devote himself to the work of the ministry, he pursued the study of divinity with great ardor for several years.
- passionate: I watched you and saw a passionate ardor for triumph in your physiognomy.
- youthful: And now that time has cooled the youthful ardor that carried me away, let me do justice to this unfortunate girl.
- mutual: How sweet is the nectar of the tears shed by love, when that nectar is relished amidst the raptures of mutual ardor!
- revolutionary: His bold geometric designs, often incorporating huge graphics, encapsulated the revolutionary ardor of the new state.
- same: We love Europe and yet we know Europe does not love us with the same ardor.

