passionate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

passionate

SYLLABICATION:	pas·sion·ate
PRONUNCIATION:	psh-nt
ADJECTIVE:	1. Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions: a family of passionate personalities. 2. Wrathful by temperament; choleric. 3. Marked by strong sexual desire; amorous or lustful. 4. Showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent: a passionate speech against injustice. 5. Arising from or marked by passion: a teacher who is passionate about her subject.
OTHER FORMS:	passion·ate·ly —ADVERB passion·ate·ness —NOUN


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