impassionate

[ im-pash-uh-nit ]

/ ɪmˈpæʃ ə nɪt /

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adjective

filled with passion; impassioned.

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Origin of impassionate

First recorded in 1595–1605; impassion + -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM impassionate

im·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverbun·im·pas·sion·ate, adjectiveun·im·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverb

Words nearby impassionate

impartible, impassable, impasse, impassible, impassion, impassionate, impassioned, impassive, impaste, impasto, impatience

How to use impassionate in a sentence

But when angered, her impassionate nature manifests itself in its ugliest form.
Woman and Socialism|August Bebel
I will leave it to the calm, impassionate and unpartisan reader to state whether that remark ought to create ill-feeling.
Remarks|Bill Nye
She took up postures of prayer and rapture, with staring eyes, and spoke with impassionate and glowing rhetoric.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
Of all characters, perhaps that of the loving, impassionate Star of the North suited her best.
A Mad Love|Bertha M. Clay

Only persons of the highest character could handle themselves in such a straightforward impassionate way.
Cox--The Man|Roger W. Babson