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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Jean’s passion took a more private toll, but she still lives with what Monica calls “this deepening suspicion that your existence is a remnant of an event long since concluded.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Dragged to football matches by his son, Morris became fascinated by the passion of the fans on the terraces.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
“I wonder if he realizes he’s been the one grand passion in both our lives,” Jane muses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
“Why grow passion fruit?” read one, with a list of its potential upsides.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
She disliked the children with a passion and was often harsh with their governess.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing passion
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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