Passionate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Passionate \Pas"sion*ate\, v. i.
     1. To affect with passion; to impassion. [Obs.]
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              Great pleasure, mixed with pitiful regard,
              The godly king and queen did passionate. --Spenser.


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     2. To express feelingly or sorrowfully. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Passionate \Pas"sion*ate\, a. [LL. passionatus: cf. F.
     passionn['e].]
     1. 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.
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              Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate. --Prior.
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     2. Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in
        feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate
        friendship. "The passionate Pilgrim." --Shak.
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     3. Suffering; sorrowful. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  passionate
       adj : having or expressing strong emotions [ant: {passionless}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  173 Moby Thesaurus words for "passionate":
     abandoned, ablaze, afire, amative, amatory, amorous, animated,
     ardent, argumentative, aroused, atrabiliar, atrabilious, attracted,
     avid, belligerent, bilious, blazing, boiling, boiling over,
     breathless, burning, burning with excitement, cathectic, choleric,
     combustible, committed, concerned, concupiscent, contentious,
     cordial, cranky, cross, curious, dedicated, delirious, desirous,
     devoted, devout, drunk, eager, earnest, ejaculatory, emotional,
     emphatic, energetic, enthusiastic, erotic, excited, exciting,
     explosive, exuberant, faithful, fanatic, fanatical, fascinated,
     febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery,
     flaming, flushed, furious, glowing, goatish, hard-core, hasty,
     headlong, hearty, heated, hectic, het up, high-powered, horny, hot,
     hot-blooded, hot-tempered, hotheaded, huffish, huffy, impassioned,
     impetuous, in earnest, in rut, inflamed, intense, intent,
     intent on, interested, intoxicated, invigorated, irascible,
     irritable, itching, keen, keen on, lascivious, lecherous,
     libidinous, lickerish, lively, loverlike, loverly, loyal, lustful,
     madcap, on fire, orgasmic, orgastic, peevish, peppery, perfervid,
     piqued, precipitate, provoking, prurient, pugnacious, quarrelsome,
     quick, quick-tempered, randy, ratty, red-hot, resolute, salacious,
     satyric, scorching, seething, sensual, serious, sex-starved,
     sexual, sexually excited, sexy, short-tempered, simmering, sincere,
     snappish, spirited, spunky, steaming, steamy, stimulated,
     stimulating, stirring, stormy, sultry, tantalized, temperamental,
     tempestuous, testy, tetchy, tickled, titillated, tornadic,
     totally committed, touchy, turned-on, unrestrained, unsatisfied,
     urgent, vehement, vigorous, violent, volatile, volcanic, warm,
     white-hot, wild, zealous, zestful