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Definition of Passionate
Passionate

Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature.

Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship.

Suffering; sorrowful.

To affect with passion; to impassion.

To express feelingly or sorrowfully.

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Passionate Quotations

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faith is a passionate intuition.
William Wordsworth

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
William Butler Yeats

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
Eric Hoffer

Animals often strike us as passionate machines.
Eric Hoffer

Passionate Translations

passionate in Dutch is hartstochtelijk
passionate in Latin is animosus, fervidus
passionate in Spanish is apasionado

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