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passion
[ pash-uhn ]
noun
- any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
Antonyms:
- strong sexual desire; lust.
- an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.
- a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.
- a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything:
a passion for music.
Synonyms: , ,
- the object of such a fondness or desire:
Accuracy became a passion with him.
- an outburst of strong emotion or feeling:
He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words.
- violent anger.
Synonyms: , , ,
- the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, especially something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior ( action ).
- (often initial capital letter) Theology.
- the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper.
- the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels.
- Archaic. the sufferings of a martyr.
passion
1/ ˈæʃə /
noun
- ardent love or affection
- intense sexual love
- a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc
a passion for poetry
- any strongly felt emotion, such as love, hate, envy, etc
- a state or outburst of extreme anger
he flew into a passion
- the object of an intense desire, ardent affection, or enthusiasm
- an outburst expressing intense emotion
he burst into a passion of sobs
- philosophy
- any state of the mind in which it is affected by something external, such as perception, desire, etc, as contrasted with action
- feelings, desires or emotions, as contrasted with reason
- the sufferings and death of a Christian martyr
Passion
2/ ˈæʃə /
noun
- the sufferings of Christ from the Last Supper to his death on the cross
- any of the four Gospel accounts of this
- a musical setting of this
the St Matthew Passion
Other Word Forms
- 貹sDz·ڳܱ adjective
- 貹sDz·ڳܱ·ly adverb
- 貹sDz·ڳܱ·ness noun
- 貹sDz· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of passion1
Word History and Origins
Origin of passion1
Example Sentences
“And what I meant by that was, he didn’t have all the hype but he was a football junkie, he had a passion for the game.”
“It’s my passion to work with actors, speakers, coaches, and authors to create their best work and soar to success,” Lincoln said on her website.
The focus is primarily on Gurr’s passions, the hobbies and subjects that shaped his design work and led to his projects for Disney.
At the time of the Times' initial report, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the disagreement was merely a sign of both advisers' passion.
For decades, Charles has simply kept not being embarrassed or emotional about anything and doing the passion projects he cares about, even when he had a 4% public approval rating.
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