passionate
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passionate¹
- /ˈpæʃənɪt/
- /ˈpæʃənət/
Where it comes from
From Middle English passionat, from Medieval Latin passiōnātus (“affected, impassioned, libidinous, easely angered”). Equivalent to passion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French passionné.
adjective more passionate · most passionate
- Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both. Mandy is a passionate lover.
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Fired with intense feeling.
1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon, and other Poems on several Occasions, Preface, in Samuel Johnson (editor), The Works of the English Poets, London: J. Nichols, Volume 31, 1779, p. 93,
Homer intended to shew us, in his Iliad, that dissentions amongst great men obstruct the execution of the noblest enter
Similar: ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, hotheaded
- Suffering; sorrowful. She is sad and passionate at your highness’ tent.
passionate²
- /ˈpæʃəneɪt/
Where it comes from
From passion + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French passionner.
verb passionates · passionating · passionated
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To fill with passion, or with another given emotion.
Great pleasure mixt with pittifull regard, / That godly King and Queene did passionate [...].
Opposite: dispassionate
- To express with great emotion. Thy niece and I, poor creatures, want our hands / And cannot passionate our tenfold grief / with folded arms.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: impassioned, ardent, fervid, fervent, perfervid, lusty, overzealous, lustful, rabid, choleric, wild, fanatical, fanatic, torrid, burning, ablaze
Translations
Every language
adj fired with intense feeling
| Español | apasionado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 불타는 bultaneun |
| 日本語 | 熱烈 netsuretsu |
| 中文 | 多情 duōqíng, 熾熱 /炽热 chìrè, 熱情 /热情 rèqíng |
| हिन्दी | वासनात्मक vāsnātmak, कामवान kāmvān, उत्साही utsāhī |
| Português | ardente |
| Français | passionné |
| Deutsch | leidenschaftlich, intensiv, feurig, stürmisch, heißblütig, heiß |
| Italiano | appassionato |
| Ελληνικά | παθιασμένος pathiasménos |
| Română | înflăcărat |
| Русский | стра́стный strástnyj, пы́лкий pýlkij |
| Tiếng Việt | đam mê, dể giận |
| العربية | شَغُوف šaḡūf, مُتَحَمِّس mutaḥammis |
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