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Definition of Passionate |
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Passionate
Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature. Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship. Suffering; sorrowful. To affect with passion; to impassion. To express feelingly or sorrowfully. Related Definitions: Affect, Agitated, Anger, Ardent, As, By, Capable, Characterized, Desire, Different, Easily, Excited, Express, Expressing, Feeling, Feelingly, Friendship, Impassion, In, Irascible, Moved, Nature, Of, Or, Passion, Passionate, Sorrowful, Specifically, Suffering, Susceptible, To, Vehement, Warm, With |
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Passionate Quotations
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. Martin Luther King, Jr. Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. Lord Byron Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing. Oliver Wendell Holmes Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. Eric Hoffer There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. Eric Hoffer Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Eric Hoffer Animals often strike us as passionate machines. Eric Hoffer Faith is a passionate intuition. William Wordsworth Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right. Hillary Clinton The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. William Butler Yeats |
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Passionate Translations
passionate in Dutch is hartstochtelijk passionate in Latin is animosus, fervidus passionate in Spanish is apasionado |
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