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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pas•sion /ˈpæʃən/USA pronunciation n. - (an instance or an experience of) strong feeling: [uncountable]an actress of strong passion.[countable]Sometimes his passions got the better of him.
- (an instance or an experience of) strong feeling of love:[uncountable]his overwhelming passion for her.
- (an instance or feeling of) strong sexual desire;
lust:[uncountable]Passion swept through them. - a strong fondness or desire for something:[countable* usually singular]a passion for music.
See -pass-2. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pas•sion (pash′ən),USA pronunciation n. - any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- strong amorous feeling or desire;
love;
ardor. - strong sexual desire;
lust. - an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.
- a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.
- a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything:a passion for music.
- the object of such a fondness or desire:Accuracy became a passion with him.
- an outburst of strong emotion or feeling:He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words.
- violent anger.
- the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, esp. something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior (contrasted with action).
- Religion(often cap.) [Theol.]
- the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper.
- the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels.
- [Archaic.]the sufferings of a martyr.
- Medieval Latin passiōn- (stem of passiō) Christ's sufferings on the cross, any of the Biblical accounts of these ( late Old English passiōn), special use of Late Latin passiō suffering, submission, derivative of Latin passus, past participle of patī to suffer, submit; see -ion
- Old French)
- Middle English (1125–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See feeling.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fervor, zeal, ardor.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ire, fury, wrath, rage.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged apathy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: passion /ˈpæʃən/ n - ardent love or affection
- intense sexual love
- a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc: a passion for poetry
- any strongly felt emotion, such as love, hate, envy, etc
- a state or outburst of extreme anger: he flew into a passion
- the object of an intense desire, ardent affection, or enthusiasm
- an outburst expressing intense emotion: he burst into a passion of sobs
- the sufferings and death of a Christian martyr
Etymology: 12th Century: via French from Church Latin passiō suffering, from Latin patī to suffer Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Passion /ˈpæʃən/ n - the sufferings of Christ from the Last Supper to his death on the cross
- any of the four Gospel accounts of this
- a musical setting of this: the St Matthew Passion
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