Passion synonyms and antonyms
păsh'ən
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Part of speech:
An intense and prolonged desire; yearning or appetite, as for affection or a food or drug
A strong predilection or enthusiasm:
A desire to satisfy some craving of the body; specif., a desire for food, or, sometimes, a desire for some specific food
Something arousing such interest or zeal
Extremely, excessively, or feverishly passionate; zealous.
Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal.
A psychological state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is sometimes accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling.
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(Psychiatry) A pattern of unwanted or intrusive thoughts or urges that recur persistently, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
Violently emotional; heated; fiery
Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate:
Pertaining to the Evangelical school.
Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid:
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Powerful, intense emotion
A grant of land, a copyright, or of some other property, or the right of use in land or other property (an easement), for a public purpose.
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The state of being distressed; pain, suffering, discomfort, etc.
erogeneity
Powerful, intense emotion
Intense, repeated attack or criticism:
apathy (antonym)
Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.
A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
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A sudden release, as of feeling, energy, noise, etc.
faustian
Of or pertaining to Faust, especially his abandonment of values in order to pursue knowledge.
Having to do with or resembling an orgy
Arousing sexual desire:
Great love, devotion, and respect
An infatuating or being infatuated
Forceful, often vindictive anger.
hate (antonym)
A strong feeling of dislike or ill will; hatred
indifference (antonym)
Lack of concern, interest, or feeling; apathy
calmness (antonym)
(Uncountable) The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence.
Dried by or subjected to intense heat, esp. of the sun; scorched; parched; arid
(Countable) Someone or something wished for.
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Intense enthusiasm; zest
calm (antonym)
(In a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
Emotional warmth; passion
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; an impression.
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The definition of mania is a violent mental disorder that is part of bipolar disorder where a person becomes very active and feels very happy and excited, or a craving or obsession.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
The manner in which clothing fits:
Frame of mind; disposition; mood
Anger or panic expressed verbally loudly and with overt bodily gestures.
yearning (related)
The state or quality of being amorous.
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sexual excitement
Sexual desire
Extreme degree of anything
anger (related)
A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.
Alternative spelling of bacchic.
Filled with passion; fervent:
Possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction.
(Chiefly UK) Alternative spelling of sulfurous.
Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous.
The definition of tumultuous is having great disturbance, uproar, chaos or noise.
Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
Unanswered; not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.
Relating to, providing, or arising from sensual pleasure:
A sudden or intense emotion:
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(Slang) An illegal, mildly psychedelic derivative of amphetamine, C11H15NO2, that slows down reactions and thought; MDMA
A preaching of, or zealous effort to spread, the gospel, as in revival meetings or by televised services
Great warmth and intensity of emotion.
Violent anger; rage.
(Literary, poetic) Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
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The suffering of death by a martyr.
Rapture is a feeling of being carried away by extreme happiness, love or pleasure.
The state or quality of being sensual; fondness for or indulgence in sensual pleasures
Something suffered; pain, distress, or injury
Any strong desire; craving
A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.
dislike (antonym)
The definition of a dislike is a feeling of not liking someone or something.
Lechery, lustfulness, the state of being libidinous
Libidinousness, the state of being lustful
An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
(Informal) A fit of anger, hysteria, etc.; tantrum
sex (related)
Either of two divisions, male and female, into which most sexually reproducing organisms are grouped. Sex is usually determined by anatomy, the makeup of the sex chromosomes, and the type and amount of hormones produced. When the sex of an organism is determined by the sex chromosomes, males and females are generally produced in equal numbers. In other organisms, such as bees and wasps, in which females develop from fertilized eggs and males develop from unfertilized eggs, distribution of the sexes is unequal.
concern (related)
A matter that relates to or affects one:
(Uncountable, slang) The police.
Warmth is a moderate amount of heat, or a feeling of excitement or affection.
passionateness
A passionate act
cacoethes
A hankering (to do something); mania
Passion of Christ
the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion
fascination (related)
admiration (related)
longing (related)
joy (related)
fondness (related)
thirst for knowledge (related)
flair (related)
affection (related)
thirst for (related)
penchant (related)
ambition (related)
Resulting from, expressing, or tending to arouse strong feeling; ardent; intense; impassioned
Acting with or marked by excessive haste and lack of due deliberation.
A love affair, especially an illicit one.
The definition of concupiscence is a strong desire such as lust.
Having an intense craving; greedy
The definition of bacchanalian is a drunken party or feast.
Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.
Having or showing great warmth of feeling; intensely devoted or earnest; ardent
Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; flammable.
A strong desire or craving:
The definition of a romance is a love affair, an idealized love story or a showing of love.
An intense or eager interest in something
imagination (related)
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