passion
/ˈpæʃən/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms passions passioning passioned the Passion
- noun A true desire sustained or prolonged.
- noun Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate. “We share a passion for books.”
- noun Fervor, determination. “I spoke with a burning passion.”
- noun An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest. “It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.”
- noun Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional. “We shared a night of passion.”
- noun (Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
- noun A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
- noun (obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress. “a cardiac passion”
- verb (obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
- verb (transitive) To give a passionate character to.
- proper noun (Christianity) The sufferings of Jesus Christ from the night of the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.
Synonyms
fire ardor fire in the belly zeal ache grieve hurt agonize anguish pain suffer thole throe wark wring impassion passionateness heat warmth rage mania cacoethes love Passion of Christ
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).
From Latin Passiō, a proper-noun use of passiō (“suffering”) (a sense of passion which is now obsolete or archaic in English).
Webster’s 1913
- noun A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross. "The passions of this time." Wyclif (Rom. viii. 18).
- noun The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; --opposed to action.
- verb To give a passionate character to. [R.] Keats.
- verb To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated. [Obs.] "Dumbly she passions, frantically she doteth." Shak.
Etymology [F., fr. L. passio, fr. pati, passus, to suffer. See Patient.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “passion”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details