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Passion   /pˈæʃən/   Listen
Passion

noun
1.
A strong feeling or emotion.  Synonym: passionateness.
2.
The trait of being intensely emotional.  Synonyms: heat, warmth.
3.
Something that is desired intensely.  Synonym: rage.
4.
An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.  Synonyms: cacoethes, mania.
5.
A feeling of strong sexual desire.
6.
Any object of warm affection or devotion.  Synonym: love.  "He has a passion for cock fighting"
7.
The suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion.  Synonym: Passion of Christ.



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"Passion" Quotes from Famous Books



... not frenzy's sudden gust, The passion of an hour, Which sprinkles o'er beloved dust Its ...
— The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland • Various
... might consider him as too fond of fame; for the desire of glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.[747-5] ...
— Familiar Quotations • John Bartlett
... For once proud, reserved John Adams was popular, and anti-French feeling irresistible. "Millions for defence but not a cent for tribute," echoed through the land. Hosts of Republicans went over to the administration side. Patriotism became a passion. Each night at the theatre rose a universal call for the "President's March" [Footnote: The music was that of our "Hail Columbia."] and "Yankee Doodle," the audience rising, cheering, swinging hats and canes, and roaring "encore." The black cockade, American, ...
— History of the United States, Volume 2 (of 6) • E. Benjamin Andrews
... life. What if that other life is your mother, who went to the door of death to give you life, and whose every breath is another thread of sorrow woven into her wasting heart while her boy is bound like Mazeppa to the wild steed of passion. ...
— Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures • George W. Bain
... as much passion to be honest as the world to steal, I must give way, though I betray myself,' said Mr. Archer. 'There it is as I ...
— Lay Morals • Robert Louis Stevenson


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