Advertisement
Advertisement
zeal
/ ziːl /
noun
- fervent or enthusiastic devotion, often extreme or fanatical in nature, as to a religious movement, political cause, ideal, or aspiration
Other Words From
- zealless adjective
- under·zeal noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of zeal1
Word History and Origins
Origin of zeal1
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.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse