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Passion Strong ˈpæʃn Sexual High Angry Feeling Love

Word3 passion
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈpæʃn/ /ˈpæʃn/
Example
  • i admire the passion and commitment shown by the players.
  • she argued her case with considerable passion.
  • a crime of passion (= caused by strong feelings of sexual jealousy)
  • passions were running high (= people were angry and emotional) at the meeting.
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passion

(noun)/ˈpæʃn/ /ˈpæʃn/
  1. a very strong feeling of love, hate, anger, enthusiasm, etc.
    • I admire the passion and commitment shown by the players.
    • She argued her case with considerable passion.
    • a crime of passion (= caused by strong feelings of sexual jealousy)
    • Passions were running high (= people were angry and emotional) at the meeting.
    • He's a man of violent passions.

    Extra Examples

    • That passion drove me to get to the top.
    • The team has been playing with renewed passion this season.
    • There were moments of high passion in the game.
    • This issue always arouses passion.
    • a speech full of passion
  2. a very strong feeling of liking something; a hobby, an activity, etc. that you like very much
    • Music is his true passion.
    • She left her job to pursue her lifelong passion for painting.
    • He was a quiet man with a passion for writing poetry.
    • They shared a passion for Italian food.

    Extra Examples

    • Music is a passion with him.
    • The English have a passion for gardens.
    • Elliot and Nina discovered a shared passion for poetry.
    • He developed a real passion for acting.
    • She had very little time to indulge her passion for painting.
    • his lifelong passion for aeroplanes
    • his renewed passion for the game
  3. a very strong feeling of sexual love
    • His passion for her made him blind to everything else.

    Extra Examples

    • No one had ever aroused his passion as much as Sandra.
    • She didn't believe in grand passion or love at first sight.
    • She was his first great passion.
    • The passion between them had cooled.
    • They kissed with passion.
    • They spent a night of passion in a hotel.
    • the young girl who was the object of his passion
  4. a state of being very angry
    • SYNONYM rage
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rage_2
    • She flies into a passion if anyone even mentions his name.
  5. the suffering and death of Jesus Christ
  6. if you love, hate, etc. somebody/something with a passion, you love, hate, etc. them/it very much
    • To do this job you have to love architecture with a passion.
    • She hated him with a passion.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin passio(n-) (chiefly a term in Christian theology), from Latin pati ‘suffer’.
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