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[ pash-uh-nit ]

/ ˈpæʃ ə nɪt /

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adjective

having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.

easily aroused to or influenced by sexual desire; ardently sensual.

expressing, showing, or marked by intense or strong feeling; emotional: passionate language.

intense or vehement, as emotions or feelings: passionate grief.

easily moved to anger; quick-tempered; irascible.

OTHER WORDS FOR passionate

1 excitable, emotional, zealous; impulsive. impetuous.

1, 3, 4 ardent, impassioned, excited, fervent, warm, enthusiastic, earnest, glowing, burning, fiery; violent.

5 testy, choleric, touchy, short-tempered, fiery, hotheaded.

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OPPOSITES FOR passionate

1, 3-5 cool, calm.

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Origin of passionate

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin passiōnātus, equivalent to Late Latin passiōn- passion + Latin -ātus -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM passionate

pas·sion·ate·ly, adverbpas·sion·ate·ness, nounnon·pas·sion·ate, adjectivenon·pas·sion·ate·ness, noun

o·ver·pas·sion·ate, adjectiveo·ver·pas·sion·ate·ness, nounun·pas·sion·ate, adjectiveun·pas·sion·ate·ness, noun

Words nearby passionate

passing note, passing shot, passion, passional, passionary, passionate, passionately, Passion cross, passionflower, passionfruit, Passionist

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Words related to passionate

ardent, loving, romantic, wistful, dramatic, eager, eloquent, emotional, expressive, fervent, fierce, fiery, forceful, heartfelt, heated, impassioned, intense, poignant, spirited, strong

How to use passionate in a sentence

  • The hope is that those who feel passionate about the anthem being played will be just as passionate in listening to those who do not feel it represents them.

    The Dallas Mavericks will resume playing the national anthem before games|Timothy Bella|February 10, 2021|Washington Post

  • “Sundays with Love” quickly became popular, leading to a passionate following but also division that continues on social media.

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  • I’m super passionate about the impact I think these organizations can have.

    Blue Origin could definitely use more Jeff Bezos in the next decade|Neel Patel|February 4, 2021|MIT Technology Review

  • He is a passionate entrepreneur running multiple businesses, marketing agencies, and mentoring programs.

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  • First, engaging content and media distribution enable us to create a passionate community from Robert’s 100 million followers and to use that audience to access great investments.

    Robert Downey Jr. is launching a new ‘rolling’ venture fund to back sustainability startups|Jonathan Shieber|January 27, 2021|TechCrunch

  • But Cocker proved to be a survivor, bringing his passionate persona to concert halls around the world decade after decade.

    The Greatest Rock Voice of All Time Belonged to Joe Cocker|Ted Gioia|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

  • Substance abuse was already an issue Cosby had grown particularly passionate about.

    When Bill Cosby N-Bombed the Congressional Black Caucus|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

  • While not the most stimulating for those less passionate about cattle, Grandin made it interesting.

    The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA|Emily Shire|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

  • In it, the firebrand Republican senator from Texas is depicted as a kid-friendly “passionate fighter for limited government.”

    Ted Cruz saves America in This Right-Wing Coloring Book|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

  • The opera is a dark and passionate tale of adultery and greed.

    When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth|Brian Moynahan|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

  • A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.

    Children's Ways|James Sully

  • And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!

    The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

  • Hence their presence elsewhere, in spite of their passionate attachment to their free native hills.

    Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

  • It was then that he heard for the first time Mamma's passionate appeal to him never to let Judy forget Mamma.

    Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling

  • He was a man of no mean mental acquirements, but passionate and often inflamed by inebriety.

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British Dictionary definitions for passionate

passionate

/ (ˈpæʃənɪt) /

adjective

manifesting or exhibiting intense sexual feeling or desirea passionate lover

capable of, revealing, or characterized by intense emotiona passionate plea

easily roused to anger; quick-tempered

Derived forms of passionate

passionately, adverbpassionateness, noun

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126 Synonyms & Antonyms of PASSIONATE

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1 having a strong sexual desire

  • a passionate couple plunging into a new relationship
  • concupiscent,
  • goatish,
  • horny,
  • hot,
  • hypersexual,
  • itchy,
  • lascivious,
  • lecherous,
  • lewd,
  • libidinous,
  • licentious,
  • lubricious
  • (or lubricous),
  • lustful,
  • oversexed,
  • randy,
  • salacious,
  • satyric,
  • wanton
  • aroused,
  • excited
  • easy,
  • fast,
  • loose,
  • promiscuous
  • dissipated,
  • dissolute,
  • libertine
  • corrupt,
  • debased,
  • debauched,
  • decadent,
  • degenerate,
  • degraded,
  • demoralized,
  • depraved,
  • dissipated,
  • dissolute,
  • immoral,
  • indecent
  • celibate,
  • chaste,
  • decent,
  • immaculate,
  • modest,
  • moral,
  • pure,
  • virtuous
  • monastic,
  • monkish
  • maidenly,
  • virginal
  • innocent,
  • lily-white
  • priggish,
  • prim,
  • prudish,
  • puritanical,
  • straitlaced
  • (or straightlaced),
  • Victorian
  • frigid,
  • undersexed

2 having or expressing great depth of feeling

  • a passionate defense of the controversial play
  • ardent,
  • blazing,
  • burning,
  • charged,
  • demonstrative,
  • emotional,
  • fervent,
  • fervid,
  • feverish,
  • fiery,
  • flaming,
  • glowing,
  • hot-blooded,
  • impassioned,
  • incandescent,
  • intense,
  • passional,
  • perfervid,
  • red-hot,
  • religious,
  • superheated,
  • torrid,
  • vehement,
  • warm,
  • warm-blooded
  • gushing,
  • gushy,
  • maudlin,
  • mawkish,
  • mushy,
  • saccharine,
  • sappy,
  • schmaltzy,
  • sentimental,
  • sloppy,
  • sugary
  • histrionic,
  • melodramatic
  • enthusiastic,
  • gung ho,
  • keen,
  • zealous
  • enamored,
  • infatuated,
  • obsessed
  • uninhibited,
  • unreserved,
  • unrestrained
  • frenzied,
  • orgiastic,
  • overemotional,
  • overexcited,
  • overheated
  • on fire
  • detached,
  • dry,
  • impersonal,
  • objective
  • reserved,
  • undemonstrative
  • cold,
  • cool,
  • dispassionate,
  • emotionless,
  • impassive,
  • unemotional

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Frequently Asked Questions About

passionate

How is the word

passionate different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of passionate are ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, and perfervid. While all these words mean "showing intense feeling," passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion.

a passionate denunciation

When could

ardent be used to replace passionate?

While in some cases nearly identical to passionate, ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm.

an ardent supporter of human rights

When is it sensible to use

fervent instead of passionate?

Although the words fervent and passionate have much in common, fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal.

fervent good wishes

When is

fervid a more appropriate choice than passionate?

While the synonyms fervid and passionate are close in meaning, fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion.

fervid love letters

When can

impassioned be used instead of passionate?

The words impassioned and passionate are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression.

an impassioned plea for justice

When might

perfervid be a better fit than passionate?

The words perfervid and passionate can be used in similar contexts, but perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings.

perfervid expressions of patriotism

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passionate was in the 15th century

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Translation of the word passion

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  • passion - excitement, desire, lust, obsession
    • deep passion - deep passion
    • desire for adventure - desire for adventure
    • passion for life - lust for life
    • new passion - new obsession
  • ardor - ardor
  • passionate
  • affection - affection
    • displays of affection
  • passionately
  • rage - rage
  • flame - flame
  • Leidenschaft - passion
    • lack of passion - Mangel an Leidenschaft
  • Hingabe - Passion
  • Lust - lust
  • Brunst - lust
  • Hobby — hobby
  • Sucht - thirst
  • Inbrunst - ardor
  • Flamme - love
  • Vorliebe - love
  • Manie - addiction
  • Liebhaberei - passion
  • Schrecken
  • Fieber
  • Schwarm - passion
  • passion - passion, lust, love, passion
    • great passion - grande passion
  • passion de
  • convoitise - lust
  • feu - heat, love
  • soif - thirst
  • horreur - cruelty
  • maladie - mania

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    Sentences with the word passion

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    1. Love passion immediately changed to a short tango

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    3. Indefatigable passion repeatedly demanded from the right student

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    4. True passion must have led to a strange education

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    "Passion" morphological analysis of the word - associations, cases and declension of words

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      Adjectives for passion

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      Verbs for passion

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      blurt out

      sink down

      sweep away

      ponder

      overwhelm

      Associations to the word passion

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      Hyponyms

      idiosyncrasy

      love

      What kind of passion (morphological analysis)

      Word parsing by part of speech, gender, number, animation and case.

      Part of speech:

      noun

      Genus:

      female

      Number:

      single

      Animation:

      inanimate

      Case:

      nominative

      Declension of the noun passion (what case)

      Case declension in singular and plural.

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      Passion sentences

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