impassioned

[im-pash-uhnd]

adjective

1. filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent.

   Synonyms: fiery, fervent, vehement, emotional
   Antonyms: apathetic

impassioned

/ ɪmˈpæʃənd /

adjective

1. filled with passion; fiery; inflamed

   an impassioned appeal

Other Word Forms

• impassionedly adverb
• impassionedness noun
• unimpassioned adjective
• unimpassionedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of impassioned¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; impassion + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Bernstein insisted that opera is resolved by music and Maria’s last lines in “West Side Story,” an impassioned plea against gun violence, are spoken.

From Los Angeles Times

In an impassioned speech, he said abolishing child poverty was "an investment" because, broadly speaking, "poor kids do badly in school and rich kids do better in school".

From BBC

Not nimble enough, not impassioned, is the message.

From BBC

Yet her impassioned message to fans after the season finale, role as the face of the franchise, and input in offseason plans make a return likely.

From Los Angeles Times

These eyewitness accounts would feed into Baldwin’s impassioned essays on race such as “Down at the Cross” and his 1972 nonfiction book “No Name in the Street.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• ardent 
• fervent 
• fierce 
• fiery 
• heated 
• intense 
• passionate 
• rousing 
• sentimental 
• stirring