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passionate definition

pas·sion·ate (pas̸h′ə nit)

adjective

  1. having or showing strong feelings; full of passion
  2. easily angered; hot-tempered
  3. resulting from, expressing, or tending to arouse strong feeling; ardent; intense; impassioned a passionate speech
  4. readily aroused to sexual activity; sensual
  5. strong; vehement: said of an emotion

Etymology: ME passionat < ML passionatus

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passionate Synonyms

passionate

modif.

  1. Excitable

    vehement, hotheaded, tempestuous; see excitable.

  2. Ardent

    intense, impassioned, ardent, loving, fervent, fervid, emotional, moving, inspiring, dramatic, melodramatic, romantic, amorous, erotic, lustful, concupiscent, poignant, swelling, enthusiastic, eager, zealous, excited, stimulating, wistful, stirring, thrilling, warm, burning, glowing, blazing, vehement, deep, affecting, eloquent, spirited, fiery, expressive, forceful, heated, hot, flaming, feverish, sultry, high-powered*, steamed-up*, horny*, steamy*, hot-blooded*; see also enthusiastic 2, 3, excited, exciting, stimulating.

  3. Intense

    strong, vehement, violent; see intense.

passionate implies strong or violent emotion, often of an impetuous kind a passionate rage; impassioned suggests an expression of emotion that is deeply and sincerely felt an impassioned plea for tolerance; ardent and fervent suggest a fiery or glowing feeling of eagerness, enthusiasm, devotion, etc. an ardent admirer, a fervent prayer; fervid differs from fervent in often suggesting an outburst of intense feeling that is at a fever pitch a vengeful, fervid hatred


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passionate Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • bike: The staff has decades of testing and riding experience and are all still passionate about bikes.

Modifying Another Word

  • intensely: There is usually no shortage of romantic candidates drawn to their vibrant and charismatic appeal and young love can be intensely passionate.

Modifies a noun

  • advocate: The next speaker was a passionate advocate of rehabilitation, John Irvine, Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation Studies.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: I, like Sam, feel passionate about finding a resolution to the problem.
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passionate quotes

Finnegans Wake took him seventeen years to write, a length of time that suggests an elaborate hobby rather than a passionate desire to create something.

-Priestley,J(ohn) B(oynton)

Ah beautiful passionate body That never has ached with a heart!

-Swinburne, Algernon Charles

The passionate heart of the poet is whirled into folly and vice.

-Tennyson

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