Definition of passion Passion

/pæˈʃʌn/ - [patshun] - pas•sion

We found 30 definitions of passion from 7 different sources.

What does passion mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: passions
passion - a strong feeling or emotion
		passionateness
		feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
		infatuation an object of extravagant short-lived passion
		abandon, wildness the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
		fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, ardor, ardour, fire feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
passion - a feeling of strong sexual desire
passion - the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion
		Passion of Christ
passion - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
		mania, cacoethes
		irrational motive a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
		agromania an intense desire to be alone or out in the open
		dipsomania, potomania, alcoholism an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
		egomania an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs
		kleptomania an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
		logomania, logorrhea pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
		monomania, possession a mania restricted to one thing or idea
		necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
		phaneromania an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
		pyromania an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
passion - any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";
		love
		object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
passion - the trait of being intensely emotional
		heat, warmth
		emotionalism, emotionality emotional nature or quality
passion - something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him"
		rage

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Wiktionary

passion (Noun)
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or hate.
passion (Noun)
Fervor, determination.
passion (Noun)
An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
passion (Noun)
sexual intercourse , especially when very emotional.
passion (Noun)
The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
passion (Noun)
A play, musical composition or display meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
passion (Noun)
An innate quality, property, or attribute of a thing.
passion (Verb)
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
passion (Verb)
To give a passionate character to.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

passion (n.)
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.
passion (n.)
The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action.
passion (n.)
Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
passion (n.)
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.
passion (n.)
Disorder of the mind; madness.
passion (n.)
Passion week. See Passion week, below.
passion (v. t.)
To give a passionate character to.
passion (v. i.)
To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

passion
Suffering; particularly in Christianity, the suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
passion
Great emotion.
passion
A feeling of strong sexual desire.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

passion
pash′un, n. power of feeling pain or suffering: strong feeling or agitation of mind, esp. rage: ardent love: eager desire: state of the soul when receiving an impression: suffering or passive condition, as opposed to Action: the sufferings, esp. the death, of Christ: (pl.) excited conditions of mind.—ns. Passiflō′ra, a genus of climbing herbs or shrubs, the passion-flowers; Pass′ional, Pass′ionary, a book containing accounts of the sufferings of saints and martyrs.—adjs. Pass′ional, influenced by passion; Pass′ionate, moved by passion: showing strong and warm feeling: easily moved to anger: intense.—adv. Pass′ionately.—n. Pass′ionateness.—adj. Pass′ioned, moved by passion: expressing passion.—ns. Pass′ion-flow′er, a flower so called from a fancied resemblance to a crown of thorns, the emblem of Christ's passion; Pass′ionist (R.C.), one of a religious congregation devoted to the commemoration of the Passion of Christ by missions, &c.—adj. Pass′ionless, free from passion: not easily excited to anger.—n. Pass′ion-mū′sic, music to which words describing the sufferings and death of Christ are set.—adj. Pass′ion-pale (Tenn.), pale with passion.—ns. Pass′ion-play, a religious drama representing the sufferings and death of Christ; Pass′ion-Sun′day, the fifth Sunday in Lent; Pass′ion-week, name commonly given in England to Holy-week (as being the week of Christ's passion); but, according to proper rubrical usage, the week preceding Holy-week. [Fr.,—L. passio, passionis—passus, pa.p. of pati, to suffer.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

passion
A man in a passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

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passion, noun, singular of passions.

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