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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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   • Definition of passionate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary having or showing strong feelings of sexual love or of anger, etc. Want to learn more? having or showing strong feelings of enthusiasm for something or belief in something Definition of passionate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   • 1. manifesting or exhibiting intense sexual feeling or desire: a passionate lover. 2. capable of, revealing, or characterized by intense emotion: a passionate plea. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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

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   Definitions of passionate. adjective. having or expressing strong emotions. synonyms: emotional. of more than usual emotion. enthused, enthusiastic, keen. having or showing great excitement and interest. hot. extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm. loving.

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