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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His other passions included football, the tango and the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, a city he professed to love "more than any place else".
From BBC
"His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court."
From BBC
"This is a genuine, legit movie that you can see has had a lot of work and a lot of passion put into it."
From BBC
The key is crafting a clear narrative about a student’s passions through their extracurriculars, essays and résumés.
“But having her passion, bringing this program to life, is something that only she could tell.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
