passionate

/ˈpæʃ(ə)nət/

/ˈpæʃənət/

Something that is passionate packs emotion, and possibly romantic emotion. A passionate plea will tug on your heartstrings and a passionate kiss will sweep you off your feet. If you want to stay unmoved, stay away from the passionate.

If you're passionate about soccer, you can't get enough of it — you've got soccer pennants plastered on your walls, your TV is permanently tuned to the soccer channel, and you probably wear soccer jerseys under your button-down shirt. Passion can also come from intense feelings of love for a person. Be careful — you could be swept up in "a passionate embrace."

Definitions of passionate

1. adjective

   having or expressing strong emotions
   synonyms:

   emotional

   of more than usual emotion

   enthused, enthusiastic, keen

   having or showing great excitement and interest

   hot

   extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm

   loving

   feeling or showing love and affection

   ablaze, aflame, aroused

   keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement

   ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid

   characterized by intense emotion

   choleric

   easily moved to anger

   demon-ridden

   as if possessed by demons

   fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid

   marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

   concupiscent, lustful, lusty

   vigorously passionate

   wild

   in a state of extreme emotion

   antonyms:

   passionless

   not passionate

   unemotional

   unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion

   unenthused, unenthusiastic

   lacking excitement or ardor

   cold

   extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

   platonic

   free from physical desire

   unimpassioned

   free from emotional appeal; marked by reasonableness