passion
1. a strong feeling or emotion (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
passionateness
• Derivationally related forms:
passionate (for: passionateness)
• Hypernyms:
feeling
• Hyponyms:
infatuation, wildness, abandon, ardor, ardour,
fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness, storminess
2. the trait of being intensely emotional (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
heat, warmth
• Derivationally related forms:
heat (for: heat)
• Hypernyms:
emotionality, emotionalism
• Hyponyms:
fieriness
3. something that is desired intensely (Freq. 1)
- his rage for fame destroyed him
• Syn:
rage
• Hypernyms:
desire
4. an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
mania, cacoethes
• Derivationally related forms:
manic (for: mania)
• Hypernyms:
irrational motive
• Hyponyms:
agromania, dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania, egomania,
kleptomania, logorrhea, logomania, monomania, possession, necrophilia,
necrophilism, necromania, phaneromania, pyromania, trichotillomania
5. any object of warm affection or devotion (Freq. 1)
- the theater was her first love
- he has a passion for cock fighting
• Syn:
love
• Derivationally related forms:
love (for: love)
• Hypernyms:
object
6. a feeling of strong sexual desire (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction
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