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English
Etymology
< Medieval Latin passionatus, past participle of passionare (“to be affected with passion”); see passion.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
passionate (comparative more passionate, superlative most passionate)
- Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic and/or sexual.
- Fired with intense feeling; ardent, blazing, burning.
Synonyms
- (fired with intense feeling): ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, hotheaded, impassioned, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid.
Related terms
Verb
to passionate (third-person singular simple present passionates, present participle passionating, simple past and past participle passionated)
- (obsolete) To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
- Great pleasure mixt with pittifull regard, / That godly King and Queene did passionate [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
External links
- passionate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- passionate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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BBC Sport (blog)
As one of the most passionate men in the game, Harlequins coach Brian McDermott was hurt by Sunday's home defeat by Salford in a big way. ...
