impassioned — impassioned, passionate, ardent, fervent, fervid, perfervid mean actuated by or showing intense feeling. Impassioned, though applicable to persons, is more often found in reference to utterance or artistic expression or to the mood or mental… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Impassioned — Im*pas sioned, p. p. & a. Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
impassioned — index eager, earnest, eloquent, fanatical, fervent, intense, perfervid, vehement, zealous … Law dictionary
impassioned — (adj.) c.1600, pp. adjective from IMPASSION (Cf. impassion) … Etymology dictionary
impassioned — [adj] excited, vehement animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, fired up*, flaming, furious, glowing, heated*, hot blooded*, inflamed, inspired, intense, melodramatic, moving, mushy, overemotional, passionate,… … New thesaurus
impassioned — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ filled with or showing great emotion … English terms dictionary
impassioned — [im pash′ənd] adj. filled with passion; having or showing strong feeling; passionate; fiery; ardent SYN. PASSIONATE impassionedly adv … English World dictionary
impassioned — im|pas|sioned [ımˈpæʃənd] adj full of strong feeling and emotion ▪ She appeared on television to make an impassioned plea for help. ▪ an impassioned speech … Dictionary of contemporary English
impassioned — [[t]ɪmpæ̱ʃ(ə)nd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An impassioned speech or piece of writing is one in which someone expresses their strong feelings about an issue in a forceful way. [JOURNALISM or, WRITTEN] He made an impassioned appeal for peace. Syn:… … English dictionary
impassioned — adjective an impassioned speech, request, argument etc is full of strong feeling and emotion: She appeared on television to make an impassioned appeal to the kidnappers … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
