Passionate Definition

păshə-nĭt
adjective
Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions.
A family of passionate personalities.
American Heritage
Wrathful by temperament; choleric.
American Heritage
Easily angered; hot-tempered.
Webster's New World
Having or showing strong feelings; full of passion.
Webster's New World
Resulting from, expressing, or tending to arouse strong feeling; ardent; intense; impassioned.
A passionate speech.
Webster's New World
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noun
A passionate individual.
Wiktionary
verb

(obsolete) To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.

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Origin of Passionate

  • From Medieval Latin passionatus, past participle of passionare (“to be affected with passion"); see passion.

    From Wiktionary

Passionate Sentence Examples

  • The young student was passionate about music.

  • The boy was passionate about wildlife, and learned to read through books about animals.

  • She was passionate about Asian cooking and that's reflected in her dining experience.

  • Carmen was as passionate as she was beautiful.

  • She didn't expect him to be as passionate, warm, and gentle as he'd been with her.

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