Passionate
['pæʃ(ə)nət] or ['pæʃənət]
Definition
(a.) Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature.
(a.) Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship.
(a.) Suffering; sorrowful.
(v. i.) To affect with passion; to impassion.
(v. i.) To express feelingly or sorrowfully.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Warm, ardent, earnest, vehement, excited, animated, fiery, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, burning, zealous, violent, furious, impetuous, impulsive.[2]. Irascible, excitable, choleric, hasty, touchy, hot, peppery, hot-tempered, quick-tempered.
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Examples
- It is not a passionate quarrel that would have broken my heart; it is the steady opposition and persistence in going wrong that he has shown. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- All flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- These ascetics were all supposed to be seeking some deeper reality in life, and a passionate desire to do likewise took possession of Gautama. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I suppose you,' said Eugene, 'judging from what I see as I look at you, to be rather too passionate for a good schoolmaster. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And besides, his passionate refusal to admit the existence of fear, almost inspired Margaret herself with hope. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She shut the door, and went half-way into the study; then turned back, as if moved by some passionate impulse, and locked the door inside. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She stood, shrinkingly, before him, as if she were afraid to meet his eyes; but her passionate sorrow was quite hushed and mute. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I'll tell you, said she, in the same hurried passionate whisper, what real love is. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- My disposition is not so bad as you think: I am passionate, but not vindictive. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The same may be said of the passionate element:--the desires of the ambitious soul, as well as of the covetous, have an inferior satisfaction. Plato. The Republic.
- Research is stimulated, actively aroused, and a passionate zeal suffuses what is perhaps the most spontaneous reform enthusiasm of our time. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The next he had thrown himself on his knees beside the table, and burying his face in his hands, he had burst into a storm of passionate sobbing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I had been excited to the utmost by the proceedings of the day, and now more than ever by the passionate language of Raymond. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Passionate with you, sir, I admit I am. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She sank into Mr. Bumble's arms; and that gentleman in his agitation, imprinted a passionate kiss upon her chaste nose. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- After holding her to his breast with a passionate cry, he took up his bundle and darted out at the door, with an arm across his eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He thought to provoke a warm reply; I had seen him vex the passionate to explosion before now. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Every living creature there held life as of no account, and was demented with a passionate readiness to sacrifice it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Never had I seen such passionate eagerness as was joined to her utterance of these words. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A sullen, passionate girl! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Margaret, not so passionate at first, was more suffering now. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Again, is not the passionate element wholly set on ruling and conquering and getting fame? Plato. The Republic.
- You have made me very wretched, whispered Fred Lamb, pressing my hand with much passionate agitation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Passionate desire of sympathy, and ardent pursuit for a wished-for object still characterized me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Jean-Jacques is in fact a supreme case--perhaps even a slight caricature--of the way in which formal creeds bolster up passionate wants. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Paul's brow, and his eye spoke a passionate yet sad reproach. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The woman's passionate exclamations collected a crowd around her, and the trader briefly explained to them the cause of the agitation. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Close at hand was Poland, ready to rise up and become the passionate ally of France had Napoleon but willed it so. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A sort of passionate honesty in her made it inconceivable that he should try to draw her into that familiar trap. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This burst of passionate feeling over, with calmed thoughts we sat together, talking of the past and present. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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