passionate
Meanings
Adjective
- having or expressing strong emotions
Adj
- Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
- Fired with intense feeling.
- Suffering; sorrowful.
Verb
- To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.
- To express with great emotion.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English passionat, from Medieval Latin passionatus, perfect past participle of passiono (“to be affected with passion”). Equivalent to passion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French passionné.
Synonyms
ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, hotheaded, impassioned, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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