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passionnoun a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someonemarried at the age of 18, they share a passion that has lasted for over half a century affection, attachment, devotedness, devotion, fondness, love appetite, fancy, favor, like, liking, partiality, preference, relish, tastecraving, crush, desire, infatuation, longing, lust, yearningardor, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervor, zealappreciation, esteem, estimation, regard, respectadoration, adulation, deification, idolatry, idolization, worshipallegiance, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, steadfastness abomination, hate, hatred, loathing, rancor allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, disfavor, dislike, enmity, hostilityabhorrence, disgust, repugnance, repulsion, revulsionmisanthropy a strong but often short-lived liking for another personher passion passed when she got to know him crush, infatuation, mash fixation, obsessionaffection, devotion, fondness, lovecraze, fad, rage, vogue a strong wish for somethinga passion to become a doctor appetency, appetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones(slang), letch, longing, lust, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yearning, yen compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zealliking, love, taste, weaknesseagerness, impatiencewant, wishnecessity, need, requirementobsessionacquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacitycacoëthes, mania abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsionapathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern a subjective response to a person, thing, or situationpeople are sometimes slaves to their own passions chord, emotion, feeling, sentiment impression, perception, sensation, senseangle, attitude, outlook, perspective, standpoint, viewpointbelief, conviction, judgment(or judgement), mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, verdict, viewreceptiveness, receptivity, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity insensitiveness, insensitivity, unfeelingness depth of feelingyour passion for your cause is admirable, but you still can't insult people who disagree with you ardency, ardor, emotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire, heat, intenseness, intensity, passionateness, vehemence, violence, warmth, white heat cathexisemotionalism, emotionality, histrionics, mawkishness, melodrama, sappiness, sentimentalityeagerness, earnestness, excitement, gusto, keenness, zestfanaticism, fever, hot-bloodedness, infatuation, mania, obsession, zealcompassion, responsiveness, sentiment, sympathy, tendernesstorridity, torridness impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, insensibleness, insensitiveness, insensitivity aloofness, calmness, collectedness, composure, detachedness, dryness, phlegm, reserve, reservedness, reticence, taciturnityapathy, indifference, stoicism, stoniness, unconcernstiffness, woodennesschilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness passions pl.general emotional conditionpeople who are swayed by their passions and not by reason feeling, heartstrings, sensibilities cheer, frame, humor, mode, mood, spirit, temper intense sexual desiretheir relationship began with passion but a deep love quickly grew between them ardor, concupiscence, eros, eroticism, horniness, itch, lust, lustfulness erotomania, nymphomania, satyriasislasciviousness, lewdness, libidinousness, licentiousness, lickerishness, randiness, salaciousness, wantonness frigidity sexual appetitethe kind of pent-up passion that comes from having spent the winter in remote isolation concupiscence, desire, eroticism, horniness, hots, itch, lech, letch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, lustihood, salaciousness libidoardor, heat, ruterotomania, hypersexuality, lecherousness, lechery, nymphomania, satyriasisvenery abstinence, celibacy, chastityfrigidity, frigidness passion, fervor, ardor, enthusiasm, zeal mean intense emotion compelling action.passion applies to an emotion that is deeply stirring or ungovernable.was a slave to his passions fervor implies a warm and steady emotion.read the poem aloud with great fervor ardor suggests warm and excited feeling likely to be fitful or short-lived.the ardor of their honeymoon soon faded enthusiasm applies to lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity.never showed much enthusiasm for sports zeal implies energetic and unflagging pursuit of an aim or devotion to a cause.preaches with fanatical zeal Cf. feeling. in the 13th century |