Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having or expressing strong emotions;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Passionate \Pas"sion*ate\, a. [LL. passionatus: cf. F.
passionn['e].]
1. Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different
passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically,
easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a
passionate nature.
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Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate. --Prior.
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2. Characterized by passion; expressing passion; ardent in
feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate
friendship. "The passionate Pilgrim." --Shak.
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3. Suffering; sorrowful. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Passionate \Pas"sion*ate\, v. i.
1. To affect with passion; to impassion. [Obs.]
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Great pleasure, mixed with pitiful regard,
The godly king and queen did passionate. --Spenser.
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2. To express feelingly or sorrowfully. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
passionate
adj 1: having or expressing strong emotions [ant: passionless]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
173 Moby Thesaurus words for "passionate":
abandoned, ablaze, afire, amative, amatory, amorous, animated,
ardent, argumentative, aroused, atrabiliar, atrabilious, attracted,
avid, belligerent, bilious, blazing, boiling, boiling over,
breathless, burning, burning with excitement, cathectic, choleric,
combustible, committed, concerned, concupiscent, contentious,
cordial, cranky, cross, curious, dedicated, delirious, desirous,
devoted, devout, drunk, eager, earnest, ejaculatory, emotional,
emphatic, energetic, enthusiastic, erotic, excited, exciting,
explosive, exuberant, faithful, fanatic, fanatical, fascinated,
febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery,
flaming, flushed, furious, glowing, goatish, hard-core, hasty,
headlong, hearty, heated, hectic, het up, high-powered, horny, hot,
hot-blooded, hot-tempered, hotheaded, huffish, huffy, impassioned,
impetuous, in earnest, in rut, inflamed, intense, intent,
intent on, interested, intoxicated, invigorated, irascible,
irritable, itching, keen, keen on, lascivious, lecherous,
libidinous, lickerish, lively, loverlike, loverly, loyal, lustful,
madcap, on fire, orgasmic, orgastic, peevish, peppery, perfervid,
piqued, precipitate, provoking, prurient, pugnacious, quarrelsome,
quick, quick-tempered, randy, ratty, red-hot, resolute, salacious,
satyric, scorching, seething, sensual, serious, sex-starved,
sexual, sexually excited, sexy, short-tempered, simmering, sincere,
snappish, spirited, spunky, steaming, steamy, stimulated,
stimulating, stirring, stormy, sultry, tantalized, temperamental,
tempestuous, testy, tetchy, tickled, titillated, tornadic,
totally committed, touchy, turned-on, unrestrained, unsatisfied,
urgent, vehement, vigorous, violent, volatile, volcanic, warm,
white-hot, wild, zealous, zestful