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passionate

[pash-uh-nit]
adjective
  1. having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  2. easily aroused to or influenced by sexual desire; ardently sensual.
  3. expressing, showing, or marked by intense or strong feeling; emotional: passionate language.
  4. intense or vehement, as emotions or feelings: passionate grief.
  5. easily moved to anger; quick-tempered; irascible.
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Origin of passionate

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin passiōnātus, equivalent to Late Latin passiōn- passion + Latin -ātus -ate1
Related formspas·sion·ate·ly, adverbpas·sion·ate·ness, nounnon·pas·sion·ate, adjectivenon·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverbnon·pas·sion·ate·ness, nouno·ver·pas·sion·ate, adjectiveo·ver·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverbo·ver·pas·sion·ate·ness, nounun·pas·sion·ate, adjectiveun·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverbun·pas·sion·ate·ness, noun

Synonyms for passionate

1. excitable, emotional, impulsive, zealous. 1, 3, 4. ardent, impassioned, excited, fervent, warm, enthusiastic, earnest, glowing, burning, fiery; animated, impetuous, violent. 5. testy, choleric, hasty, short-tempered, fiery, hotheaded.

Antonyms for passionate

1, 3–5. cool, calm.
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British Dictionary definitions for over-passionate

passionate

adjective
  1. manifesting or exhibiting intense sexual feeling or desirea passionate lover
  2. capable of, revealing, or characterized by intense emotiona passionate plea
  3. easily roused to anger; quick-tempered
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Derived Formspassionately, adverbpassionateness, noun
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Word Origin and History for over-passionate

passionate

adj.

early 15c., "angry; emotional," from Medieval Latin passionatus "affected with passion," from Latin passio (genitive passionis) "passion" (see passion). Specific sense of "amorous" is attested from 1580s. Related: Passionately.

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