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passionate
[ pash-uh-nit ]
adjective
- having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid:
a passionate advocate of socialism.
Synonyms: violent, fiery, burning, glowing, earnest, enthusiastic, warm, fervent, excited, impassioned, ardent, impetuous, impulsive, zealous, emotional, excitable
- easily aroused to or influenced by sexual desire; ardently sensual.
- expressing, showing, or marked by intense or strong feeling; emotional:
passionate language.
Synonyms: fervent, excited, impassioned, ardent, violent, fiery, burning, glowing, earnest, enthusiastic, warm
- intense or vehement, as emotions or feelings:
passionate grief.
Synonyms: ardent, violent, fiery, burning, glowing, earnest, enthusiastic, warm, fervent, excited, impassioned
- easily moved to anger; quick-tempered; irascible.
Synonyms: hotheaded, fiery, short-tempered, touchy, choleric, testy
passionate
/ ˈpæʃənɪt /
adjective
- manifesting or exhibiting intense sexual feeling or desire
a passionate lover
- capable of, revealing, or characterized by intense emotion
a passionate plea
- easily roused to anger; quick-tempered
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Derived Forms
- ˈpassionateness, noun
- ˈpassionately, adverb
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Other Words From
- pas·sion·ate·ly adverb
- pas·sion·ate·ness noun
- non·pas·sion·ate adjective
- non·pas·sion·ate·ness noun
- o·ver·pas·sion·ate adjective
- o·ver·pas·sion·ate·ness noun
- un·pas·sion·ate adjective
- un·pas·sion·ate·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of passionate1
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Example Sentences
But Cocker proved to be a survivor, bringing his passionate persona to concert halls around the world decade after decade.
Substance abuse was already an issue Cosby had grown particularly passionate about.
While not the most stimulating for those less passionate about cattle, Grandin made it interesting.
In it, the firebrand Republican senator from Texas is depicted as a kid-friendly “passionate fighter for limited government.”
The opera is a dark and passionate tale of adultery and greed.
A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!
Hence their presence elsewhere, in spite of their passionate attachment to their free native hills.
It was then that he heard for the first time Mamma's passionate appeal to him never to let Judy forget Mamma.
He was a man of no mean mental acquirements, but passionate and often inflamed by inebriety.
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