impassionedadj.
/ɪmˈpaʃənd/ Filled or inflamed with passion; having the feelings deeply moved or excited; passionate, ardent. (Of persons, or of feeling, speech, action, etc.)
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the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective] > affected with passion or strong emotion
passioned1525
passionatea1530
appassionatea1586
appassionateda1586
impassionate1590
impassionated1596
impassioned1605
stunned1870
1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 890 Fortune..varying her empassion'd moodes. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 678 The Tempter all impassiond thus began. View more context for this quotation
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. xi. 128 Soft music again sounded the most tender and impassioned airs.
1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 128 Personification a common figure..in all empassioned..speech.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vi. 47 The tears fell..as she closed her impassioned appeal.
1889 Mrs. A. Fraser Lady Claud I. ii. 30 He is impassioned of her.
Derivatives
imˈpassionedly adv.
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the mind > emotion > passion > [adverb]
tempestuously1447
gramely?c1450
passionatelyc1487
angardlyc1540
vehemently1560
pathetically1593
passionedly1611
patheticly1616
dispassionately1658
impassionately1805
full-heartedly1840
impassionedly1844
1844 Ld. Houghton Venice in Mem. Many Scenes Impassionedly The old Venetian sung those verses.
1892 Sat. Rev. 9 Jan. 34/2 The impassionedly ‘modern’ Archdeacon.
imˈpassionedness n.
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the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > quality or condition of being passionate
passionatenessa1582
impassionedness1876
passionfulness1922
1876 W. Graham Mem. J. Macfarlane vi. 301 He preached with plainness, directness..impassionedness.
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