Impassioned

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 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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