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   Pas·sion·ate

   /ˈpaSH(ə)nət/

   

   adjective

   • 1. showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief: "passionate pleas for help" Similar intenseimpassionedardentferventfervidzealousvehementfieryheatedfeverishemotionalheartfelteagerexcitedanimatedspiritedvigorousstrongenergeticmessianicfanaticalfrenziedwildfierceconsumingviolenttumultuousflamingragingburninguncontrollableungovernableliterary:perfervidpassionalvery keen onvery enthusiastic aboutaddicted todevoted toinfatuated withinformal:mad aboutcrazy abouthooked onnuts aboutnutty aboutgone onnutso overshook onexcitableemotionalintensefieryvolatilemercurialquick-temperedhotheadedhighly strunghot-bloodedimpulsivetemperamentaltempestuousdramaticmelodramaticOpposite apathetichalfheartedphlegmaticplacid
   • ▪ showing or caused by intense feelings of sexual love: "a passionate kiss" Similar amorousardenthot-bloodedred-bloodedwarm-bloodedarousedlovingon firesexysensualeroticlustfulsultrytorridinformal:steamysizzlinghotred-hotturned onOpposite coldpassionless

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the senses ‘easily moved to passion’ and ‘enraged’): from medieval Latin passionatus ‘full of passion’, from passio (see passion).

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   • 1. passionateness noun

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   • apasionado, apasionado/da [masculine-feminine, singular]… apaixonado, apaixonado/-da, veemente… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! PASSIONATE definition: 1. having a strong, sexual feeling for someone: 2. showing a strong belief in something or a…. Learn more.

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   • It was then that he heard for the first time Mamma's passionate appeal to him never to let Judy forget Mamma. He was a man of no mean mental acquirements, but passionate and often inflamed by inebriety. Passionate definition: having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid. See examples of PASSIONATE used in a sentence.

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   • • The sense of violence and anger, together with passionate interest, spilled out all over the place. • What Amanda was wearing underneath had once been a matter of passionate interest to Don. passionate meaning, definition, what is passionate: showing or involving very strong feeling...: Learn more.

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   expressing, showing, or marked by intense or strong feeling; emotional: passionate language. Synonyms: fervent, excited, impassioned, ardent, violent, fiery, burning, glowing, earnest, enthusiastic, warm. Antonyms: calm, cool. intense or vehement, as emotions or feelings: passionate grief.

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   1. having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid; zealous. 2. easily aroused to or influenced by sexual desire; ardently sensual. 3. expressing, showing, or marked by intense or strong feeling; emotional: passionate language. 4. intense or vehement, as emotions or feelings: passionate grief.

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   having a strong, sexual feeling for someone: a passionate affair / lover. passionate adjective (BELIEF) B2. showing a strong belief in something or a strong feeling about a subject: a passionate speaker. passionately. adverb. (Definition of passionate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of passionate.

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   passionate /ˈpæʃənət/ adjective

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   •She spoke passionately about animal rights.

   •They kissed passionately.

   •They were passionately opposed to the war.

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   What does the word passionate mean? There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word passionate , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pas‧sion‧ate /ˈpæʃənət/ adjective 1 showing or involving very strong feelings of sexual love He had a brief but passionate love affair with an older woman. a very passionate young man a passionate lover a passionate kiss 2 someone who has a passionate belief believes something very strongly a p...

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    A passionate person has very strong feelings about something or a strong belief in something. 2. A passionate person has strong romantic or sexual feelings and expresses them in their behaviour.