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impassioned
adjective
Synonyms
impassioned, passionate, ardent, fervent, fervid, perfervid mean showing intense feeling.
impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression.
passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion.
ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm.
fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal.
fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion.
perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings.
Examples of impassioned in a Sentence
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Word History
1603, in the meaning defined above
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“Impassioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impassioned. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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