passion

Definition

  • noun: a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something
  • noun: the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and his death
  • often + 'for'
  • synonyms: feeling, emotion, madness

Examples

  • He had never felt such 'passion' [='love', 'devotion'] 'for' anyone but her.

  • Everyone could see the 'passion' in his approach to the work.

  • She spoke with 'passion' about preserving the building.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) you don't even wear most of these. Shoes like these should not be locked in a closet. They should be living a life of scandal and passion... getting screwed in an alleyway by a billionaire while his frigid wife waits in the limo... thinking that he just went back into the bar to get his cell phone. (..)
    2005 In Her Shoes