grand passion


noun
  1. an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.

  2. the object of such feelings.

Origin of grand passion

1
1925–30; translation of French grande passion

Words Nearby grand passion

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use grand passion in a sentence

  • Public Monuments would seem to be the grand passion of the Edinburghers.

    Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley
  • The love of Lilian for Harold Routledge cannot now be the one grand passion of her life.

  • Even the memory of his grand passion was now corrupted, sullied, debased.

    The Child of Pleasure | Gabriele D'Annunzio
  • He has been sustaining a grand passion for a married woman, but the looming shadow of the husband obsesses him.

    Modernities | Horace Barnett Samuel
  • "I doubt it will be what they call a 'grand passion,'" he reflected with reverence.

    Huntingtower | John Buchan