Antonyms for passionate

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pash-uh-nit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæʃ ə nɪt

Definition of passionate

Origin : early 15c., "angry; emotional," from Medieval Latin passionatus "affected with passion," from Latin passio (genitive passionis) "passion" (see passion). Specific sense of "amorous" is attested from 1580s. Related: Passionately.

adj sensual, desirous
adj excited; enthusiastic
adj angry

Example sentences :

The girl's eyes met his with passionate sorrow in their misty deeps.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

We can expect from him new words or a new method in the painting of passionate desire.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

This is the language of passionate exaggeration, one might say.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

He had none of the direct, passionate, conscienceless resolution of Laertes.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

She had come through so much that every nerve was crying in passionate protest.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

She sat down flat on the floor and burst into passionate weeping.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

This outburst from Mrs. Porter startled the girl; it was so passionate, so vehement.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

The throb of these sounds was as a background to the evening--fierce, passionate, barbaric.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

And she threw herself on his breast and burst into passionate tears.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

They had all the passionate sorrow of children over some grief not understood.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for passionate

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