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Definitions for Passion

[1] any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
[2] strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor.
[3] strong sexual desire; lust.
[4] an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.
[5] a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.
[6] a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music.
[7] the object of such a fondness or desire: Accuracy became a passion with him.
[8] an outburst of strong emotion or feeling: He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words.
[9] violent anger.
[10] the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, especially something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior (contrasted with action).
[11] (often initial capital letter ) Theology . the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper. the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels.
[12] Archaic . the sufferings of a martyr.
[13] ardent love or affection
[14] intense sexual love
[15] a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc a passion for poetry
[16] any strongly felt emotion, such as love, hate, envy, etc
[17] a state or outburst of extreme anger he flew into a passion
[18] the object of an intense desire, ardent affection, or enthusiasm
[19] an outburst expressing intense emotion he burst into a passion of sobs
[20] philosophy any state of the mind in which it is affected by something external, such as perception, desire, etc, as contrasted with action feelings, desires or emotions, as contrasted with reason
[21] the sufferings and death of a Christian martyr
[22] the sufferings of Christ from the Last Supper to his death on the cross
[23] any of the four Gospel accounts of this
[24] a musical setting of this the St Matthew Passion

Words related to Passion

temper, sentiment, rage, zeal, joy, resentment, warmth, excitement, dedication, intensity, fury, devotion, fervor, ardor, anger, feeling, spirit, affection, desire, lust

Words nearby Passion

passing, passing bell, passing lane, passing note, passing shot, passion, passion cross, passion fruit, passion pit, passion play, passion sunday

Origin of Passion

1125–75; Middle English (< Old French ) < Medieval Latin passiōn- (stem of passiō ) Christ's sufferings on the cross, any of the Biblical accounts of these (> late Old English passiōn ), special use of Late Latin passiō suffering, submission, derivative of Latin passus, past participle of patī to suffer, submit; see -ion

Other words from Passion

pas·sion·ful , adjective
pas·sion·ful·ly , adverb
pas·sion·ful·ness , noun
pas·sion·like , adjective

Word origin for Passion

C12: via French from Church Latin passiō suffering, from Latin patī to suffer

Synonyms for Passion

affection, anger, ardor, dedication, devotion, excitement, feeling, fervor, fury, intensity, joy, rage, resentment, sentiment, spirit, temper, warmth, zeal, agony, animation, distress, dolor, eagerness, ecstasy, fire, fit, flare-up, frenzy, heat, hurrah, indignation, ire, misery, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rapture, storm, suffering, transport, vehemence, wrath, zest, affectivity