passion
Usage
What are other ways to say passion?
Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment.
Example Sentences
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Hackman, for example, who had a passion for art away from his on-screen career, would regularly visit the local Artisan art store to stock up on materials for his latest creative projects.
From MarketWatch
"I thought, how amazing for someone of his stature to have written back to someone like me, just a young boy who had a passion for wildlife," he says.
From BBC
When the time does come to walk away from the tour, Jones thinks she would take a "passion project" before deciding on the next stage of her life.
From BBC
A long-standing supporter of a hospice has raised £13,300 after he put his passion for photography to good use by producing a nature and wildlife calendar.
From BBC
Our panelists also have something in common: a passion for stock-picking that is increasingly rare in a market dominated by index funds.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
