熱烈|ねつれつnetsuretsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, nounardent; passionate; vehement
    彼かれは彼女かのじょの熱烈ねつれつな願ねがいに負まけた。↗
    He yielded to her ardent wishes.
Conjugation
Plain form熱烈(ねつれつ)
Polite (desu)熱烈です(ねつれつです)
Negative (dewa nai)熱烈ではない(ねつれつではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)熱烈ではありません(ねつれつではありません)
Past (datta)熱烈だった(ねつれつだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)熱烈ではなかった(ねつれつではなかった)
Te form (de)熱烈で(ねつれつで)
Adverbial (ni)熱烈に(ねつれつに)
Conditional (nara)熱烈なら(ねつれつなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym熱情ねつじょうWrittenA noun for passion, found in written/formal prose; close to 「情熱」, stressing emotional investment.
  • Related熱いあついNeutralA broad word for heat and passion, including physical temperature; 「熱烈」 is narrower, for intense welcomes, support, or love.
  • RelatedホットCasualA colloquial loanword for hot things or hot topics like 「ホットな話題」; 「熱烈」 is about ardent attitudes such as welcome and support.
  • Related熱ねつNeutralA noun covering heat, fever, passion, and crazes; very broad in use, as in 「熱が入る」.
  • Related情熱じょうねつNeutralA noun for burning passion; points to a person's inner love of something, not an outward scene.
  • Related熱意ねついNeutralA noun for earnest zeal; stresses a committed, serious attitude, as in 「熱意を示す」.
  • Related熱気ねっきNeutralA noun, typically for the excited atmosphere of a place, as in 「会場の熱気」; it centres on the mood in the air rather than on how a welcome or support is shown.
  • Related熱血ねっけつNeutralHot-blooded zeal, often describing young people full of drive, as in 「熱血教師」.
  • Related熱心ねっしんNeutralZealous and diligent; stresses how earnestly someone applies themselves, as in 「熱心な生徒」.
  • Related熱情的ねつじょうてきNeutralBrimming with enthusiasm; describes a passionate personality or manner rather than the intensity of a welcome or show of support.
  • Related情熱的じょうねつてきNeutralPassionate with burning inner emotion; stresses the feeling inside a person rather than an outward, intense scene.
  • Related熱っぽいねつっぽいNeutralFeverish or fervent; used of tone, gaze, or manner, as in 「熱っぽく語る」; 「熱烈」 stresses strong welcomes and support.
  • Related血気けっきWrittenWritten/formal prose for youthful vigor with a rash, impulsive edge; mostly in the phrase 「血気盛ん」.
  • Related熱狂的ねっきょうてきNeutralWildly enthusiastic, more carried away than 「熱烈」, as in 「熱狂的なファン」.
  • Antonym冷淡れいたんNeutralThe antonym: cold and indifferent, the opposite of warm, effusive 「熱烈」.
  • Antonym冷ややかひややかNeutralChilly in attitude, the opposite of 「熱烈」, as in 「冷ややかな視線」.
  • Antonym無関心むかんしんNeutralApathetic and unconcerned, the opposite of ardent 「熱烈」.

Use 「熱烈」 for ardent, intense shows of welcome, support, or love, as in 「熱烈な歓迎」 and 「熱烈なファン」. For a passionate personality say 「情熱的」, for wild, fanatical fervor 「熱狂的」, and for earnest dedication 「熱心」. Among the nouns, 「情熱」 is inner passion, 「熱意」 committed zeal, and 「熱気」 the excited atmosphere of a scene. The opposites are 「冷淡」, 「冷ややか」, and 「無関心」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 興奮こうふんして激はげしい態度たいどをとるさま。
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