Definitions for zeal

zeal zeal

Spelling: [zeel]
IPA: /zil/

Zeal is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in zeal (aelz).

Definitions for zeal

noun

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

Origin of zeal

1350-1400; Middle English zele Late Latin zēlus Greek zêlos

Examples for zeal

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

Portland will always support the Thorns with classic Cascadian zeal.

I will not deny that it is a pleasure to me to find you so full of zeal.

We had seven of them, when my mother interfered and put a stop to my zeal.

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

With that kind of zeal, squeezing in extracurriculars is more essential than ever.

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

It was my zeal for the king of Spain that brought me into that peril.

Methinks this is an excess of zeal for a friend who was so late an enemy!

However, we have told her to moderate her zeal for our insulted authority.

Word Value for zeal
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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