"zealous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Anglais]

IPA: \zɛl.əs\, ˈzɛl.əs Audio: En-us-zealous.ogg , En-au-zealous.ogg Forms: more zealous [comparative], most zealous [superlative], zelous
  1. Zélé.
    Sense id: fr-zealous-en-adj-cpS5m0To Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ardent, eager, enthusiastic, passionate, zealotic Synonyms (fervent): fervent Derived forms: overzealous, zealously, zealousness Related terms: zeal, zealot, zealotic, zealotical, zealotry
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      "word": "indifferent"
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      "word": "unenthusiastic"
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      "word": "overzealous"
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      "word": "zealously"
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    "Du latin zelosus."
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    },
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          "text": "Johnson was truly zealous for the success of \"The Adventurer;\" and very soon after his engaging in it, he wrote the following letter:"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Foster Rhea Dulles, America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940, page 61, 1940",
          "text": "And there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg."
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          "ref": "Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, page 122, 2004",
          "text": "Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine."
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        "Zélé."
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      "word": "ardent"
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      "word": "zealotic"
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      "word": "zealously"
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    },
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        },
        {
          "ref": "Foster Rhea Dulles, America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940, page 61, 1940",
          "text": "And there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, page 122, 2004",
          "text": "Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine."
        }
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    },
    {
      "word": "enthusiastic"
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      "sense": "fervent",
      "word": "fervent"
    },
    {
      "word": "passionate"
    },
    {
      "word": "zealotic"
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  ],
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