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zeal

[ zeel ]

noun

  1. fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.

    Synonyms: passion, intensity

    Antonyms: apathy



zeal

/ ziːl /

noun

  1. fervent or enthusiastic devotion, often extreme or fanatical in nature, as to a religious movement, political cause, ideal, or aspiration


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Other Words From

  • zealless adjective
  • under·zeal noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of zeal1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English zele, from Late Latin zēlus “jealousy, rivalry,” from Greek zêlos

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Word History and Origins

Origin of zeal1

C14: from Late Latin zēlus, from Greek zēlos

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Example Sentences

It was his business acumen, his own unflagging zeal for the creative business solution, that had freed Sam to do this.

Thereafter, the 1960s swelled with political zeal and social unrest.

He implored me to do so with the zeal of someone who had just found God, emphatically praising the article.

Even as the ranks of culture warriors on the right diminish, their zeal seems to intensify.

One of those preachers admitted to The Daily Beast that he was taken aback by her zeal.

His zeal led him among foreigners as a missionary; after visiting Bohemia, he went among the Poles, by whom he was killed.

They have fought countless bloody wars and have committed countless horrible atrocities in their zeal for Him.

I have dared to relate this to your Majesty because of my zeal as a loyal vassal, and as one who looks at things dispassionately.

Zeal, who was sitting stiffly forward, his hands gripping the arms of his chair, laughed dryly.

He braced himself unconsciously, and after Zeal's next words did not relax his body, although his lips turned white and stiff.

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