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   passionate

   /ˈpaʃənət/

   adjective

   • 1. having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs: "passionate pleas for help" Similar intenseimpassionedardentferventfervidzealousvehementfieryheatedfeverishemotionalheartfelteagerexcitedanimatedspiritedvigorousstrongenergeticmessianicfanaticalfrenziedwildfierceconsumingviolenttumultuousflamingragingburninguncontrollableungovernableliterary:perfervidpassionalvery keen onvery enthusiastic aboutaddicted todevoted toinfatuated withinformal:mad aboutcrazy abouthooked onnuts aboutnutty aboutgone onnutso overshook onexcitableemotionalintensefieryvolatilemercurialquick-temperedhot-headedhighly strunghot-bloodedimpulsivetemperamentaltempestuousdramaticmelodramaticOpposite apathetichalf-heartedphlegmaticplacid
   • ▪ arising from 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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     having very strong feelings or emotions: a passionate...

   • Znaczenie Passionate, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     PASSIONATE definicja: 1. having very strong feelings or...

   • Passionate in Korean

     PASSIONATE translate: 욕정을 느끼는, 열정적인. Learn more in the...

   • Passionate in Japanese

     PASSIONATE translate: （性的に）情熱的な, 熱烈な, 情熱的（じょうねつてき）な. Learn...

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     PASSIONATE translate: 情绪激昂的，热情的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Passionate in Spanish

     PASSIONATE translate: apasionado, apasionado, apasionado/da...

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   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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   Something that is passionate packs emotion, and possibly romantic emotion. A passionate plea will tug on your heartstrings and a passionate kiss will sweep you off your feet. If you want to stay unmoved, stay away from the passionate.