Definitions for passionate

passionate pas·sion·ate

Spelling: [pash-uh-nit]
IPA: /ˈpæʃ ə nɪt/

Passionate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 814 anagrams from letters in passionate (aaeinopsst).

Definitions for passionate

adjective

  1. having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid:
  2. easily aroused to or influenced by sexual desire; ardently sensual.
  3. expressing, showing, or marked by intense or strong feeling; emotional:
  4. intense or vehement, as emotions or feelings:
  5. easily moved to anger; quick-tempered; irascible.

Origin of passionate

1375-1425; late Middle English Medieval Latin passiōnātus, equivalent to Late Latin passiōn- passion + Latin -ātus

Examples for passionate

The girl's eyes met his with passionate sorrow in their misty deeps.

But Cocker proved to be a survivor, bringing his passionate persona to concert halls around the world decade after decade.

She had come through so much that every nerve was crying in passionate protest.

We can expect from him new words or a new method in the painting of passionate desire.

This is the language of passionate exaggeration, one might say.

Read today, the speech still vibrates with a passionate intensity rarely found in any contemporary political discourse.

Actually for Conte, who has a passionate aversion to labeling, that may be a bit too much categorization for his liking.

In it, the firebrand Republican senator from Texas is depicted as a kid-friendly “passionate fighter for limited government.”

He had none of the direct, passionate, conscienceless resolution of Laertes.

The opera is a dark and passionate tale of adultery and greed.

Word Value for passionate
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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