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passion /pashˈn/ noun- Strong feeling or agitation of mind, esp rage, often sorrow
- A fit of such feeling, esp rage
- An expression or outburst of such feeling
- Ardent love
- Sexual desire
- An enthusiastic interest or direction of the mind
- The object of such a feeling
- (usu with cap) the sufferings (esp on the Cross) and death of Christ
- An account of this from one of the gospels
- A musical setting of this
- Martyrdom
- Suffering
- A painful bodily ailment (such as iliac passion)
- The fact, condition, or manner of being acted upon
- Passivity (philosophy)
- A passive quality
transitive verb To imbue with passion intransitive verb To exhibit passion ORIGIN: OFr passiun and L passiō, -ōnis, from patī, passus to suffer passˈional adjective Of or relating to the sufferings of a Christian martyr passˈional or passˈionary noun A book of the sufferings of saints and martyrs passˈionate adjective - Moved by passion
- Showing strong and warm feeling
- Easily moved to passion
- Intense, fervid
- Compassionate (Shakespeare)
- Moving to compassion (Spenser)
transitive verb- To express with passion
- To imbue with passion, to impassion
passˈionately adverb passˈionateness noun passˈioned adjective - Moved by passion
- Expressing passion
- Expressed with passion
Passˈionist noun A member of a Roman Catholic congregation devoted to the commemoration of the Passion of Christ by missions, etc passˈionless adjective - Free from or lacking passion, esp sexual desire
- Not easily excited to anger
passion flower noun - Any flower or plant of the genus Passiflora, consisting mostly of climbers of tropical and warm temperate America, from a fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the crown of thorns, nails, and other emblems of Christ's Passion
- The plant itself
passion fruit noun Any edible fruit of a passion flower, esp the granadilla Passˈion-mūˈsic noun Music to which words describing the sufferings and death of Christ are set passion play noun A religious drama representing the sufferings and death of Christ Passion Sunday noun The fifth Sunday in Lent Passˈiontide noun The two weeks preceding Easter Passion week noun - Holy week
- The week before Holy week
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