passion
Usage
What are other ways to say passion?
Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment.
Example Sentences
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Colbert mocked his “useless degree in theater arts,” sang about his love of musicals and made dozens of references to his most fanatical passion: J.R.R.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"Hey, who knows what's around the corner, but pop music nurtures me... my passion for music is greater than ever."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Already bursting with passion to be world-premiering his directorial debut, “Propeller One-Way Night Coach,” Travolta was moved to tears.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Bettan delivers his song, a lovestruck ballad called Michelle, with sincerity and passion, nimbly moving into his falsetto over a mix of electronic beats and Middle Eastern instrumentation.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Her family depended on her artist’s income, yet her passion led her right back to her boxes of caterpillars.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
Vocabulary lists containing passion
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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