passion
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
strong sexual desire; lust.
an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.
a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.
a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music.
the object of such a fondness or desire: Accuracy became a passion with him.
an outburst of strong emotion or feeling: He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words.
violent anger.
the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, especially something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior (contrasted with action).
(often initial capital letter)Theology.
the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper.
the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels.
Archaic. the sufferings of a martyr.
Origin of passion
1Other words for passion
Opposites for passion
Other words from passion
- pas·sion·ful, adjective
- pas·sion·ful·ly, adverb
- pas·sion·ful·ness, noun
- pas·sion·like, adjective
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How to use passion in a sentence
She has a passion for helping her community and educating others through her writing.
What I learned from 5 years of cleaning airplanes in the middle of the night | matthewheimer | August 30, 2020 | FortuneShe also began allowing employees to focus on passion projects, and said doing so made everyone more excited about their jobs and more eager to perform well.
For actress Maggie Siff, holed up in Maine with her family during the pandemic and rekindling old passions, America’s racial justice reckoning has been powerful.
Actress Maggie Siff on Virtue Signaling and Her ‘Allergy to Social Media’ | Eromo Egbejule | August 12, 2020 | OzyNasirabadi Reza is an internet marketing specialist with a passion for writing and sharing valuable insights gained through years of experience in the industry.
Podcasts and internet marketing: Are you missing the boat? | Nasirabadi Reza | July 30, 2020 | Search Engine WatchMost brands are still committed to the passion of it and a sponsorship strategy.
Comments like that are designed to stoke the fires of fan-passion—and it works beautifully.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Melissa Leon | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSex and passion; compulsive, life-changing, soul-altering sex, all to be made more explicit than he had done in the past.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDuring the course of my time behind the bar I developed a passion for single malt Scotch.
A Whisky Connoisseur Remembers That First Sip of The Macallan | | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe machismo of Afghan male culture apparently coexists with a little-noted passion for gardening.
The younger brother would try everything in his power from a distance to subdue the roaring flames of passion.
Decoding Vincent Van Gogh’s Tempestuous, Fragile Mind | Nick Mafi | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo Americans Mrs. Wright is interesting by reason of her patriotism, which amounted to a passion.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementA look of passion came into the face of the watching boy, and again he fingered his revolver.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnUnder all man's dreams of eternal gods and eternal heavens lies man's passion for the eternal feminine.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordThe Seneschal stood with blanched face and gaping mouth, his fire all turned to ashes before the passion of this gaunt man.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini“I went into a great passion and frightened my mother into a fit,” said Wardle.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for passion (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpæʃən) /
ardent love or affection
intense sexual love
a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc: a passion for poetry
any strongly felt emotion, such as love, hate, envy, etc
a state or outburst of extreme anger: he flew into a passion
the object of an intense desire, ardent affection, or enthusiasm
an outburst expressing intense emotion: he burst into a passion of sobs
philosophy
any state of the mind in which it is affected by something external, such as perception, desire, etc, as contrasted with action
feelings, desires or emotions, as contrasted with reason
the sufferings and death of a Christian martyr
Origin of passion
1British Dictionary definitions for Passion (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpæʃən) /
the sufferings of Christ from the Last Supper to his death on the cross
any of the four Gospel accounts of this
a musical setting of this: the St Matthew Passion
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