Synonyms for passion
ˈpæʃ ənpas·sion

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1. passionnoun

   Fervor, determination.

   Synonyms:
   ardor, zeal, fire in the belly

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1. passion

   Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion," Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   anger, animosity, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, fury, impatience, indignation, ire, irritation, offense, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation, wrath

   Antonyms:
   amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraint

   Preposition:
   Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.

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1. passion

   Synonyms:
   emotion, desire, ardor, vehemence, lust, auger, animation, excitement, warmth, feeling

   Antonyms:
   coolness, indifference, apathy, coldness, frigidity, iciness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. passion, passionatenessnoun

   a strong feeling or emotion

   Synonyms:
   love, mania, cacoethes, passionateness, warmth, rage, heat

2. heat, warmth, passionnoun

   the trait of being intensely emotional

   Synonyms:
   lovingness, rut, affectionateness, warmheartedness, high temperature, mania, cacoethes, heating, love, estrus, warmth, fondness, heat energy, oestrus, hotness, rage, warmness, passionateness, heating plant, heating system, heat

3. rage, passionnoun

   something that is desired intensely

   "his rage for fame destroyed him"

   Synonyms:
   cult, fury, heat, furore, craze, fad, mania, madness, cacoethes, love, passionateness, warmth, rage, furor

4. mania, passion, cacoethesnoun

   an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

   Synonyms:
   love, rage, manic disorder, cacoethes, mania, passionateness, warmth, heat

5. passionnoun

   a feeling of strong sexual desire

   Synonyms:
   heat, passionateness, rage, cacoethes, mania, warmth, love

6. love, passionnoun

   any object of warm affection or devotion

   "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";

   Synonyms:
   erotic love, mania, cacoethes, love life, beloved, love, passionateness, dearest, warmth, making love, rage, honey, lovemaking, sexual love, dear, heat

7. Passion, Passion of Christnoun

   the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion

   Synonyms:
   heat, passionateness, rage, cacoethes, mania, warmth, love

Matched Categories

1. • Agony
   • Desire
   • Emotionality
   • Feeling
   • Irrational Motive
   • Sexual Desire

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1. lakshman

   you are a lakshamanan

   Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2021  

2. meraki

   meraki is to do something with passion

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. passionnoun

   Synonyms:
   suffering (specifically that of christ by crucifixion)

2. passionnoun

   Synonyms:
   emotion, ardor, fervor, zeal, rapture, transport, excitement, impulse, glow, strong feeling

3. passionnoun

   Synonyms:
   pathos, warmth of feeling, tender emotion

4. passionnoun

   Synonyms:
   anger, resentment, wrath, indignation, fury

5. passionnoun

   Synonyms:
   love, affection, attachment, fondness, devotion

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1. passionnoun

   Synonyms:
   suffering, pain, agony, emotion, ardor, feeling, pathos, wrath, fury, anger, love, infatuation, transport

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1. List of paraphrases for "passion":

   enthusiasm, fervor, hobby, vehemence, love, fascination, emotion, mania, fervour

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1. List of known nicknames for "Passion":

   Passione J. Johnson, Passion Broussard

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How to use passion in a sentence?

1. Erik Lomis:

   It’s a small film and we didn’t spend a ton of money on it, but we were obviously hoping for more, we love Bradley and he worked so hard on it with John Wells. It’s a passion project that hit a tough weekend.

2. Matt Dillon:

   At one point I just opened up and I said ‘everybody here’s what is happening. Deal with it. i will say everybody was committed and the passion was in doing the show and making it the best it could be.

3. Jane Lugi.Maria:

   They were very lovely, very enthusiastic, their plan was to work and to help other people less fortunate in the community. They were suffering of course but they were able to live and want to live. In spite of the bonding condition, they had passion for life.

4. Karine Jean-Pierre:

   She just had such strength and such power and such appreciation and love for the community. She led with passion. She led with what she believed in, and didn't let anyone tell her no.

5. Fawn M. Brodie:

   A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.