 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
passionate
adjective: having or expressing strong emotions [ant: {passionless}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Passionate \Pas"sion*ate\, verb (used without an object)
1. To affect with passion; to impassion. [Obs.]
Great pleasure, mixed with pitiful regard,
The godly kind and queen did passionate. --Spenser.
2. To express feelingly or sorrowfully. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Passionate \Pas"sion*ate\, adjective [LL. passionatus: cf. F.
passionn['e].]
1. 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.
Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate. --Prior.
2. Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in
feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate
friendship. ''The passionate Pilgrim.'' --Shak.
3. Suffering; sorrowful. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
173 Moby Thesaurus words for "passionate":
abandoned, ablaze, afire, amative, amatory, amorous, animated,
ardent, argumentative, aroused, atrabiliar, atrabilious, attracted,
avid, belligerent, bilious, blazing, boiling, boiling over,
breathless, burning, burning with excitement, cathectic, choleric,
combustible, committed, concerned, concupiscent, contentious,
cordial, cranky, cross, curious, dedicated, delirious, desirous,
devoted, devout, drunk, eager, earnest, ejaculatory, emotional,
emphatic, energetic, enthusiastic, erotic, excited, exciting,
explosive, exuberant, faithful, fanatic, fanatical, fascinated,
febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery,
flaming, flushed, furious, glowing, goatish, hard-core, hasty,
headlong, hearty, heated, hectic, het up, high-powered, horny, hot,
hot-blooded, hot-tempered, hotheaded, huffish, huffy, impassioned,
impetuous, in earnest, in rut, inflamed, intense, intent,
intent on, interested, intoxicated, invigorated, irascible,
irritable, itching, keen, keen on, lascivious, lecherous,
libidinous, lickerish, lively, loverlike, loverly, loyal, lustful,
madcap, on fire, orgasmic, orgastic, peevish, peppery, perfervid,
piqued, precipitate, provoking, prurient, pugnacious, quarrelsome,
quick, quick-tempered, randy, ratty, red-hot, resolute, salacious,
satyric, scorching, seething, sensual, serious, sex-starved,
sexual, sexually excited, sexy, short-tempered, simmering, sincere,
snappish, spirited, spunky, steaming, steamy, stimulated,
stimulating, stirring, stormy, sultry, tantalized, temperamental,
tempestuous, testy, tetchy, tickled, titillated, tornadic,
totally committed, touchy, turned-on, unrestrained, unsatisfied,
urgent, vehement, vigorous, violent, volatile, volcanic, warm,
white-hot, wild, zealous, zestful
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