Passionate

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  • adjective. Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions.
  • adjective. Wrathful by temperament; choleric.
  • adjective. Marked by strong sexual desire; amorous or lustful.
  • adjective. Showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent.
  • adjective. Arising from or marked by passion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To affect with passion; move to anger, hate, love, etc.
  • To portray with natural emotion or passion; personate.
  • Characterized by passion; exhibiting or expressing passion.
  • Showing or exciting strong emotion; highly excited; vehement; warm.
  • Swayed by love; consumed with passion.
  • (d ) Emotional; susceptible.
  • (e ) Changeful; capricious; of many moods.
  • (f ) Compassionate.
  • (g ) Sorrowful; pitiful.
  • Synonyms Irritable, etc. (see irascible), hot-headed, hot, fiery, violent, choleric.
  • Impassioned, ardent, fervent, glowing, burning, impetuous.
  • noun. One who is strongly moved by passion, especially the passion of love.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To affect with passion; to impassion.
  • intransitive verb. To express feelingly or sorrowfully.
  • adjective. Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered.
  • adjective. Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm.
  • adjective. Suffering; sorrowful.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic and/or sexual.
  • adjective. Fired with intense feeling; ardent, blazing, burning.
  • noun. A passionate individual.
  • verb. To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having or expressing strong emotions
  • Word Usage
    "You don't hear the term passionate conservative much anymore."
    Equivalent
    ablaze  aflame  ardent  aroused  choleric  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    angry  ardent  eager  emotional  fierce  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning