impassioned

impassioned
adjective Date: 1603 filled with passion or zeal ; showing great warmth or intensity of feeling Synonyms: impassioned, passionate, ardent, fervent, fervid, perfervid mean showing intense feeling. impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression <
an impassioned plea for justice
>
. passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion <
a passionate denunciation
>
. ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm <
an ardent supporter of human rights
>
. fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal <
fervent good wishes
>
. fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion <
fervid love letters
>
. perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings <
perfervid expressions of patriotism
>
.

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • impassioned — impassioned, passionate, ardent, fervent, fervid, perfervid mean actuated by or showing intense feeling. Impassioned, though applicable to persons, is more often found in reference to utterance or artistic expression or to the mood or mental… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Impassioned — Im*pas sioned, p. p. & a. Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impassioned — index eager, earnest, eloquent, fanatical, fervent, intense, perfervid, vehement, zealous …   Law dictionary

  • impassioned — (adj.) c.1600, pp. adjective from IMPASSION (Cf. impassion) …   Etymology dictionary

  • impassioned — [adj] excited, vehement animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, fired up*, flaming, furious, glowing, heated*, hot blooded*, inflamed, inspired, intense, melodramatic, moving, mushy, overemotional, passionate,… …   New thesaurus

  • impassioned — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ filled with or showing great emotion …   English terms dictionary

  • impassioned — [im pash′ənd] adj. filled with passion; having or showing strong feeling; passionate; fiery; ardent SYN. PASSIONATE impassionedly adv …   English World dictionary

  • impassioned — im|pas|sioned [ımˈpæʃənd] adj full of strong feeling and emotion ▪ She appeared on television to make an impassioned plea for help. ▪ an impassioned speech …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • impassioned — [[t]ɪmpæ̱ʃ(ə)nd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An impassioned speech or piece of writing is one in which someone expresses their strong feelings about an issue in a forceful way. [JOURNALISM or, WRITTEN] He made an impassioned appeal for peace. Syn:… …   English dictionary

  • impassioned — adjective an impassioned speech, request, argument etc is full of strong feeling and emotion: She appeared on television to make an impassioned appeal to the kidnappers …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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