Usually means: Intense enthusiasm or passion; zeal.
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  1. ardour: Merriam-Webster
  2. ardour: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ardour: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ardour: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ardour: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ardour, ardour: Wordnik
  7. ardour: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ardour: Wiktionary
  9. ardour: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ardour: Dictionary.com
  11. Ardour (album), Ardour (audio processor), Ardour (river), Ardour (software), Ardour: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. ardour: Rhymezone
  13. ardour: FreeDictionary.org
  14. ardour: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. ardour: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. ardour: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  17. ardour: Merriam-Webster

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  1. ardour: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ardour: CCI Computer
  2. ardour: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  British, Canada, and Australia spelling of ardor

Similar:
zeal, fervour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, ardor, fire, Elan, arbour, rumour, more...

Opposite:
apathy, indifference, lethargy, listlessness

Types:
passion, zeal, enthusiasm, fervour, more...

Adjectives:
great, military, martial, much, same, equal, youthful, revolutionary, patriotic, religious, generous

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     burgundy,     vermilion, more...



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Similar:
zeal, fervour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, ardor, fire, Elan, arbour, rumour, more...

Opposite:
apathy, indifference, lethargy, listlessness

Types:
passion, zeal, enthusiasm, fervour, more...

Adjectives:
great, military, martial, much, same, equal, youthful, revolutionary, patriotic, religious, generous

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     burgundy,     vermilion, more...



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