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Dictionary: pas·sion·ate   (păsh'ə-nĭt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Capable of, having, or dominated by powerful emotions: a family of passionate personalities.
  2. Wrathful by temperament; choleric.
  3. Marked by strong sexual desire; amorous or lustful.
  4. Showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent: a passionate speech against injustice.
  5. Arising from or marked by passion: a teacher who is passionate about her subject.
passionately pas'sion·ate·ly adv.
passionateness pas'sion·ate·ness n.

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Antonyms: passionate
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adj

Definition: sensual, desirous
Antonyms: cold, cool, frigid, indifferent, passionless, uncaring, unpassionate

adj

Definition: very angry
Antonyms: happy

adj

Definition: very excited; enthusiastic
Antonyms: apathetic, dull, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unpassionate


WordNet: passionate
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having or expressing strong emotions
  Antonym: passionless (meaning #1)


Translations: Passionate
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lidenskabelig, heftig

Nederlands (Dutch)
hartstochtelijk, gedreven, driftig

Français (French)
adj. - passionné, fervent, passionnel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - leidenschaftlich, hitzig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παθιασμένος, παράφορος, περιπαθής, σφοδρός, βίαιος

Italiano (Italian)
appassionato, focoso, ardente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - apaixonado, emocionado

Русский (Russian)
страстный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - apasionado, vehemente, ardiente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - passionerad, eldig, våldsam

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
热情的, 易怒的, 热烈的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 熱情的, 易怒的, 熱烈的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 열렬한, 격렬한, 성미가 급한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 情熱的な, 熱烈な, 激しやすい, 怒りっぽい, 熱情的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) إنفعالي, عاطفي, سريع الغضب, حاد الطبع, حماسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלא-תשוקה, לוהט, נלהב, מתלהט בנקל‬


 
 
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