passionate
adjective
having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid.
passionateness
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a word derived from
passionate.
Example Sentences
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Though Frederick had never been ill, there were times when he showed symptoms of a peculiar passionateness.
From Atlantis by Adele Szold Seltzer
He had charm, attraction and a passionateness that was feverish rather than deep.
From Musical Memories by Edwin Gile Rich
In the fury, however, this passionateness finds its ugly expression.
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
There it is again, that wretched passionateness of your disposition, you should say to yourself, that this is the last of all hours, in which to abandon yourself thus.
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
They combine rare excellences; the concentration, the finish, the gravity of a man’s thought, with the tenderness, the insight, the constitutional sorrowfulness of a woman’s—her purity, her passionateness, her delicate and keen sense and expression.
From Spare Hours by John Brown
