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

  • (..) looks Death squarely in the face like some rhino-hunters I know, or Belmonte, who's truly brave. It is because they love with sufficient passion, to push death out of their minds, until it returns, as it does, to all men. And then you must make really good love again. Think about it. - Hi! (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris
  • (..) - Have you ever made love to a truly great woman? Actually, my fiancée is pretty sexy. And when you make love to her, you feel true, and beautiful passion, and you, for at least that moment, lose your fear of death. No. That doesn't happen. I believe that love that is true and real (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris