Impassioned
[ɪm'pæʃ(ə)nd] or [ɪm'pæʃnd]
Definition
(p. p. & a.) Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.
Editor: Rodney
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Passionate, vehement, impetuous, glowing, intense, excited, animated, fervid, fervent, zealous, warm, ardent.
Typist: Randall
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Excited, fervid, passionate, glowing, vehement, impetuous, spirited
ANT:Unimpassioned, cool, impassive
Edited by Candice
Examples
- I conjured him, incoherently, but in the most impassioned manner, not to abandon himself to this wildness, but to hear me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Where there is life, there are already eager and impassioned activities. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Tom shuddered at these frightful words, spoken with a sullen, impassioned earnestness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Perdita was struck by the impassioned seriousness of his asseverations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They threw themselves into committees in the most impassioned manner and collected subscriptions with a vehemence quite extraordinary. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He hurried in, and witnessed the termination of my impassioned harangue. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Miss Fanshawe, with her usual ripeness of judgment, pronounced Dr. Bretton a serious, impassioned man, too grave and too impressible. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As to my own will or conscience, impassioned grief had trampled one and stifled the other. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was going to say, impassioned: but perhaps you would have misunderstood the word, and been displeased. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He is a very fervid, impassioned speaker--full of fire! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Selden was in the state of impassioned self-absorption that the first surrender to love produces. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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