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Synonyms for passions
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pash-uhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæʃ ən |
Top 10 synonyms for passions Other synonyms for the word passions
- affectivity
- agony
- amorousness
- amour
- animation
- attachment
- concupiscence
- craze
- crush
- distress
- dolor
- drive
- eagerness
- ecstasy
- emoting
- eroticism
- fad
- fancy
- fascination
- feeling
- fervor
- fire
- fit
- flare-up
- fondness
- frenzy
- fury
- heat
- hurrah
- idol
- indignation
- infatuation
- intensity
- ire
- jazz
- joy
- keenness
- lust
- mania
- misery
- obsession
- outbreak
- outburst
- paroxysm
- prurience
- rage
- rapture
- resentment
- sentiment
- spirit
- storm
- suffering
- temper
- transport
- urge
- vehemence
- warmth
- weakness
- wrath
- yen
- zeal
- zest
Définition of passions
Origin :- late 12c., "sufferings of Christ on the Cross," from Old French passion "Christ's passion, physical suffering" (10c.), from Late Latin passionem (nominative passio) "suffering, enduring," from past participle stem of Latin pati "to suffer, endure," possibly from PIE root *pe(i)- "to hurt" (cf. Sanskrit pijati "reviles, scorns," Greek pema "suffering, misery, woe," Old English feond "enemy, devil," Gothic faian "to blame").
- Sense extended to sufferings of martyrs, and suffering generally, by early 13c.; meaning "strong emotion, desire" is attested from late 14c., from Late Latin use of passio to render Greek pathos. Replaced Old English þolung (used in glosses to render Latin passio), literally "suffering," from þolian (v.) "to endure."
- Sense of "sexual love" first attested 1580s; that of "strong liking, enthusiasm, predilection" is from 1630s. The passion-flower so called from 1630s.
- The name passionflower -- flos passionis -- arose from the supposed resemblance of the corona to the crown of thorns, and of the other parts of the flower to the nails, or wounds, while the five sepals and five petals were taken to symbolize the ten apostles -- Peter ... and Judas ... being left out of the reckoning. ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 1885]
- noun strong emotion
- noun adoration, love
- noun strong interest
- Has this fearful pestilence no power to restrain the appetites and passions of the people?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- A little of it is all right—but don't be a slave to your passions.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- For, Madam, could I be supposed to govern the passions of either of the gentlemen?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And what is the eloquence that gives rise to all these passions?
- Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Coleridge calls "Lear," "the open and ample playground of Nature's passions."
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- The habit of ennui was stronger than all my passions put together.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- All my passions were roused, and my mind and body kept in continual activity.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- But neither his heart nor his reason had ever again been enslaved by his passions.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth!
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It was one which we all ought to form if the fervour of our passions will permit us.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Antonyms for passions
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