 passion |
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| 1. | [ noun ] strong feeling or emotion | |
| Synonyms: | passionateness | |
| Related terms: | feeling fire infatuation wildness | |
| 2. | [ noun ] intense passion or emotion | |
| Synonyms: | heat warmth | |
| Related terms: | emotionality inflame | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (sexuality) a feeling of strong sexual desire | |
| Related terms: | sexual_desire | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (psychology) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | |
| Synonyms: | mania cacoethes | |
| Related terms: | irrational_motive egomania necrophilia kleptomania logorrhea monomania dipsomania phaneromania pyromania trichotillomania agromania | |
| 5. | [ noun ] any object of warm affection or devotion | |
| Synonyms: | love | |
| Examples: | "the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock fighting" |
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| Related terms: | object love | |
| 6. | [ noun ] something that is desired intensely | |
| Synonyms: | rage | |
| Examples: | "his rage for fame destroyed him" |
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| Related terms: | desire | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (medicine) the suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion | |
| Synonyms: | passion_of_christ | |
| Related terms: | agony | |
| Similar spelling: |
Pasion Payson Paxson Passino pass_on passim pack_on |
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