Impassioned
adj
adj ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.
"She was empassioned at that piteous act, / With zealous envy of the Greekes cruell fact / Against that nation […]"
Adjective
- 1 characterized by intense emotion wordnet
Example
More examples"Silence accompanies the most significant expressions of happiness and unhappiness: those in love understand one another best when silent, while the most heated and impassioned speech at a graveside touches only outsiders, but seems cold and inconsequential to the widow and children of the deceased."
Etymology
From impassion + -ed.
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