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

  • (..) steal from them and go out strong. So I picked a guy I thought you'd like: "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained... ...it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched... (..)
    1998 American History X