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 Definitions of Passion  [ˈpæʃ ən]  

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Definition of 'Passion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) passion
compelling emotion.

2.  passion
strong amorous feeling; love.

3.  passion
strong sexual desire; lust.

4.  passion
a strong fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for something:
a passion for music.

5.  passion
the object of one's passion.

6.  passion
an outburst of emotion.

7.  passion
violent anger; wrath; rage.

8.  passion
(often cap.)

9.  passion
the sufferings of Christ on the cross or subsequent to the Last Supper.

10.  passion
the Gospel narrative of Christ's sufferings or a musical setting of this.

Etymology:  (1125–75; ME (< OF) < LL passiō Christ's sufferings on the cross, endurance, illness = L pat(ī) to suffer, submit +

Definition of 'Passion' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) passion, passionateness
a strong feeling or emotion

2. (noun) heat, warmth, passion
the trait of being intensely emotional

3. (noun) rage, passion
something that is desired intensely
"his rage for fame destroyed him"

4. (noun) mania, passion, cacoethes
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

5. (noun) passion
a feeling of strong sexual desire

6. (noun) love, passion
any object of warm affection or devotion
"the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";

7. (noun) Passion, Passion of Christ
the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion


Definition of 'Passion' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) passion
strong emotion
He sings with passion.

2.  passion
a strong feeling of sexual desire
Her passion for him was growing.

3.  passion
a strong love of an activity
He had always had a passion for the outdoors.


Definition of 'Passion' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Passion
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

2. (noun) Passion
the state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action

3. (noun) Passion
capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents

4. (noun) Passion
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

5. (noun) Passion
disorder of the mind; madness

6. (noun) Passion
passion week. See Passion week, below

7. (verb) Passion
to give a passionate character to

8. (verb) Passion
to suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated


Translation of 'Passion' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: very strong feeling, especially of anger or love
He argued with great passion; He has a passion for chocolate.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: passie Arabic flag Arabic: عاطِفَه، هَوى ، إنْفِعال Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: страст
Brazilian flag Brazilian: paixão Czech flag Czech: vášeň German flag German: die Leidenschaft
Danish flag Danish: lidenskab; passion Greek flag Greek: πάθος Spanish flag Spanish: pasión
Estonian flag Estonian: kirg Farsi flag Farsi: شور و حرارت Finnish flag Finnish: intohimo
French flag French: passion Hebrew flag Hebrew: יֵצֶר, תְּשוקָה Hindi flag Hindi: लगाव
Croatian flag Croatian: strast, zanos Hungarian flag Hungarian: szenvedély Indonesian flag Indonesian: nafsu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ástríða Italian flag Italian: passione Japanese flag Japanese: 情熱
Korean flag Korean: 열정 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: aistra, potraukis Latvian flag Latvian: aizrautība; kaisle; milzī
Malay flag Malay: keghairahan Dutch flag Dutch: hartstocht Norwegian flag Norwegian: lidenskap
Polish flag Polish: namiętność, pasja Persian flag Persian: شور و حرارت Pashto flag Pashto: شهادت، دشهاد خو ( لكه عي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: paixão Romanian flag Romanian: pa­si­une Russian flag Russian: страсть
Slovak flag Slovak: vášeň Slovenian flag Slovenian: strast Serbian flag Serbian: strast
Swedish flag Swedish: passion, lidelse Thai flag Thai: ความหลงใหล Turkish flag Turkish: tutku, ihtiras
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 激情 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пристрасть; ентузіазм Urdu flag Urdu: ولولہ، جوش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự say mê Chinese flag Chinese: 激情

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