passionateadjective
uk/ˈpæʃ.ən.ət/us/ˈpæʃ.ən.ət/B2 having very strong feelings or emotions:
a passionate speech
a passionate kiss/embrace
The Italians are said to be the most passionate people in Europe.
The child's mother made a passionate plea for help.
Joe is passionate about baseball (= he likes it very much).
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- They had a passionate courtship and a long, loving marriage.
- It was a passionate and often stormy relationship.
- Behind that cold exterior there's a passionate man.
- What is very clear in these letters is Clark's passionate hatred of his father.
- The priest delivered a passionate sermon against war.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutter idiom
- amped
- animated
- be as high as a kite idiom
- exhilarated
- fanatical
- fascinated
- fasten
- fasten on/upon sth
- flushed
- flutter
- knot
- overheated
- overzealous
- pop-eyed
- potty
- psyched
- sniff
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Strong feelings
passionately
uk/ˈpæʃ.ən.ət.li/us/ˈpæʃ.ə.nɪt.li/
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I walked into the room and found them kissing passionately.
Ann has always believed passionately in women's rights.