passional

pas·sion·al

adj \ˈpa-shə-n^əl, ˈpash-nəl\

Definition of PASSIONAL

: of, relating to, or marked by passion

Examples of PASSIONAL

1. <a rather passional declaration of love from someone she had just started dating>

First Known Use of PASSIONAL

15th century

Related to PASSIONAL

Synonyms: ardent, blazing, burning, charged, demonstrative, emotional, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, incandescent, intense, fervent, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, religious, superheated, torrid, vehement, warm, warm-blooded

Antonyms: cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional

Related Words: gushing, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, sugary; histrionic, melodramatic; enthusiastic, gung ho, keen, zealous; enamored, infatuated, obsessed; uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained; frenzied, orgiastic, overemotional, overexcited, overheated

Near Antonyms: detached, dry, impersonal, objective; reserved, undemonstrative

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Rhymes with PASSIONAL

national, rational