Passion (IPA: /ˈpæʃən/)
| Passion (n.) |
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. |
| Passion (n.) |
The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action. |
| Passion (n.) |
Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents. |
| Passion (n.) |
The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected; as, to be in a passion; the passions of love, hate, jealously, wrath, ambition, avarice, fear, etc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill. |
| Passion (n.) |
Disorder of the mind; madness. |
| Passion (n.) |
Passion week. See Passion week, below. |
| Passion (v. t.) |
To give a passionate character to. |
| Passion (v. i.) |
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated. |
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Emotion |
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Final period in the life of Jesus |
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1989 studio album by Peter Gabriel |
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1982 film by Jean-Luc Godard |
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Song by Hikaru Utada |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A Man in a Passion rides a mad Horse." - Poor Richard's Almanack |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A master passion is the love of news." - George Crabbe |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A religious man is a person whose greatest passion is compassion." - Compassion |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance." - Passion |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some bloody passion shakes your very frame; These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope, They do not point on me." - Passion |
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