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verb

past tense of impassion

Synonym Chooser

How is the word impassioned different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of impassioned are ardent, fervent, fervid, passionate, and perfervid. While all these words mean "showing intense feeling," impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression.

an impassioned plea for justice

When might ardent be a better fit than impassioned?

The synonyms ardent and impassioned are sometimes interchangeable, but ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm.

an ardent supporter of human rights

When can fervent be used instead of impassioned?

While the synonyms fervent and impassioned are close in meaning, fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal.

fervent good wishes

When is fervid a more appropriate choice than impassioned?

In some situations, the words fervid and impassioned are roughly equivalent. However, fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion.

fervid love letters

In what contexts can passionate take the place of impassioned?

The meanings of passionate and impassioned largely overlap; however, passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion.

a passionate denunciation

Where would perfervid be a reasonable alternative to impassioned?

Although the words perfervid and impassioned have much in common, perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings.

perfervid expressions of patriotism

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of impassioned
Adjective
Bear with me because there's a great deal of nuance here that is easy to miss among today's more impassioned reactions to people using AI as a blunt instrument of creating mediocrity. ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025 Sasuke and Naruto’s battle in the Final Valley (and its sequel in Shippuden) is one of the most impassioned fistfights ever drawn. Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 By Emily Tannenbaum April 25, 2025 Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Last night, Blake Lively gave an impassioned speech at the Time100 Gala. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025 The defense makes an impassioned argument about jury misconduct. Maureen Maher, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impassioned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassioned
Adjective
  • For those passionate about handheld PC gaming, the Asus ROG Ally is definitely worth your attention.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
  • Forest fans had been outstanding at Wembley, offering passionate backing on a showpiece occasion.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • The incident was caught on video, making waves online and on local TV news, and provoked an outcry from fellow residents.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
  • His 1954 run for governor in Connecticut provoked questions about whether the state was ready for a Jewish governor.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Fetterman voted for several of President Donald Trump’s nominees, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, and has been a fervent supporter of Israel in its war in Gaza against the terrorist group Hamas.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
  • But, whatever the White House and its most fervent allies insisted at the time, the Signal chat was a major embarrassment.
    The Editors, National Review, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • The party has dismissed the raucous town halls in conservative districts as the work of liberal activist groups, which have encouraged people to flood public forums in an attempt to highlight frustrations with the administration.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Before the Democratic National Convention in 1912, McCombs encouraged prominent journalists and editors to write articles supportive of Wilson's nomination.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The room, once decorated in severe tones of black and gray, has received a warm makeover, with bright paint and tropical mosaics.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • The Clara IEMs have a warm bass, a forward midrange and a silky treble that’s just sharp enough to bring the soundstage into perfect focus without making the listener’s brain work overtime top descramble distortion.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Verb
  • Take a dive into the deep end, and keep scrolling to shop more one-piece bathing suits inspired by Kate Hudson now.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • What inspired you to start the Latinx Education Collaborative?
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In the game, the station is in the bright sunlight, and the subway tunnel experience takes a lot longer, and isn’t quite as intense.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 May 2025
  • And, George, Elon Musk told reporters this week it's been a very intense 100 days.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 May 2025
Adjective
  • In a speech that lasted nearly five minutes, an emotional Gaga moved the crowd.
    Billboard Brasil, Billboard, 5 May 2025
  • The visual adjustment seems intended to establish Rose’s emotional distance from her family.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 May 2025

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“Impassioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassioned. Accessed 17 May. 2025.

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