Synonyms for passionate
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pash-uh-nit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæʃ ə nɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for passionate Other synonyms for the word passionate
- affecting
- all shook up
- amorous
- animated
- aroused
- blazing
- burning
- choleric
- concupiscent
- deep
- desirous
- enraged
- erotic
- fervid
- flaming
- frantic
- frenzied
- furious
- glowing
- headlong
- heartfelt
- heated
- heavy
- high-powered
- high-pressure
- hot
- hotblooded
- hotheaded
- hottempered
- impassioned
- impetuous
- impulsive
- inflamed
- inspiring
- intense
- irascible
- irritable
- lascivious
- libidinous
- loving
- lustful
- mean
- melodramatic
- moving
- peppery
- poignant
- precipitate
- prurient
- quick-tempered
- quickened
- romantic
- sexy
- shaken
- spirited
- steamed up
- steamed-up
- steamy
- stimulated
- stirring
- stormy
- strong
- sultry
- tempestuous
- testy
- thrilling
- touchy
- turned-on
- vehement
- violent
- wanton
- warm
- wild
- wistful
- zealous
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for passionate
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