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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But Berkshire isn’t the passion project of a 95-year-old investing legend anymore.
His passion was to forge a career in football management.
From BBC
“We are excited to have Snoop bring his unique energy and passion to our NBA coverage,” NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
For many of the program’s students, the schooling offers a chance to professionalize their passion.
From Los Angeles Times
"You can just meet so many like minded people and you feel like you already know them because you share such a passion that you both have," she said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.