impassioned
adjective
Synonyms
- ardent
- blazing
- burning
- charged
- demonstrative
- emotional
- fervent
- fervid
- feverish
- fiery
- flaming
- glowing
- hot-blooded
- incandescent
- intense
- passional
- passionate
- perfervid
- red-hot
- religious
- superheated
- torrid
- vehement
- warm
- warm-blooded
Example Sentences
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2022 Performing with his live band and a group of string players, the former One Direction singer showcased an impassioned rendition of the anthemic song. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2022 Throughout, Lindsey embraces and envelopes the listener with her voice, warm and ragged and impassioned. Daniel De Visé, SPIN, 13 Sep. 2022 In 2013, when a young writer and software developer named Vitalik Buterin wrote an impassioned screed defending the blockchain gospel for his publication, Bitcoin Magazine, cryptocurrencies were still a niche curiosity. Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 Like his speech about law and order Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Biden’s impassioned remarks were an effort to convince voters that the Republican Party is extreme. Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 Swift divulged the details of the war over her music's rights but still ended on an empowering, impassioned note. Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 His latest is an impassioned argument in favor of nuclear energy as the solution to the climate crisis. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022 The orchestra, under the impassioned leadership of James Gaffigan, rose handsomely to the occasion. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
1603, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
impassioned
adjective
impassioned 1 of 2
adjective
Synonyms & Similar Words
- passionate
- fervent
- warm
- passional
- intense
- ardent
- emotional
- charged
- enthusiastic
- demonstrative
- glowing
- religious
- fiery
- vehement
- fervid
- perfervid
- feverish
- burning
- blazing
- incandescent
- flaming
- superheated
- torrid
- hot-blooded
- on fire
- sentimental
- zealous
- gushy
- warm-blooded
- maudlin
- gushing
- sloppy
- mawkish
- uninhibited
- saccharine
- melodramatic
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- obsessed
- sugary
- red-hot
- histrionic
- infatuated
- mushy
- enamored
- frenzied
- keen
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- overheated
- overexcited
- gung ho
- orgiastic
- overemotional
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dispassionate
- impassive
- cold
- cool
- detached
- dry
- impersonal
- objective
- unemotional
- emotionless
- reserved
- undemonstrative
impassioned
2 of 2verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- provoked
- encouraged
- inspired
- stimulated
- stirred
- motivated
- aroused
- incited
- excited
- sparked
- piqued
- induced
- moved
- triggered
- motived
- ignited
- enraged
- instigated
- galvanized
- energized
- animated
- inflamed
- drove
- angered
- vitalized
- enflamed
- exasperated
- built a fire under
- maddened
- activated
- kindled
- fanned
- irritated
- set off
- upset
- fired (up)
- annoyed
- revved (up)
- vexed
- aggravated
- bothered
- pumped up
- taunted
- fomented
- quickened
- fermented
- jeered
- abetted
- raised
- teased
- whipped (up)
- got
- keyed (up)
- galled
- vext
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- subdued
- soothed
- calmed
- tranquillized
- appeased
- placated
- mollified
- pacified
- tranquilized
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of impassioned are ardent, fervent, fervid, passionate, and perfervid. While all these words mean "showing intense feeling," impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression.
The synonyms ardent and impassioned are sometimes interchangeable, but ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm.
While the synonyms fervent and impassioned are close in meaning, fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal.
In some situations, the words fervid and impassioned are roughly equivalent. However, fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion.
The meanings of passionate and impassioned largely overlap; however, passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion.
Although the words perfervid and impassioned have much in common, perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings.