adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a passionate belief
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his passionate belief that technology is a tool to be used for the benefit of mankind
a passionate kiss
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She gave him a passionate kiss.
a passionate/impassioned speech (= full of strong feeling )
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She made impassioned speeches on civil rights.
passionate love
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He wrote about his passionate love for her.
passionate/intense/deep/bitter hatred (= hatred that is felt very strongly )
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What, I wondered, had I done to provoke such deep hatred?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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More recent, more passionate , more obscene still: The Ferry Aid single.
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Yet Zeus was always more passionate than regal.
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They go to bed and make love, more passionate love than at any other time of their lives.
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This happened on several occasions, with the kisses and hugs becoming longer and more passionate as time went on.
most
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These were some of the most passionate moments of their lives together, the most searingly entwined.
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Even the most passionate Eurosceptics and Europhiles concede that there are strong arguments for and against joining.
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The end of act one contains some of the most passionate musical outpourings in all of opera.
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At the same time, however, the most passionate supporters of the national socialism of Milosevic are women too.
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It was the living embodiment of his most passionate convictions.
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Religion was the political issue which aroused the most passionate emotions amongst the population at large.
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On one hand, he was the most passionate leader one could hope for, a motivating force without parallel.
very
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She was quiet and serious but very passionate underneath, Aunt Kit says, rather like Emily Brontë.
■ NOUN
affair
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She claimed she had been having a passionate affair with Mary Jo's husband Joey, 36.
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And they be-came engaged immediately in a passionate affair of love that went on for several days.
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Days later his passionate affair with cartoonist Sally Anne Lassoon was making headlines.
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They all say there were no passionate affairs but occasionally the tempters must have been successful.
belief
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No way, no how, no hope had to be countered by a passionate belief in justified struggle.
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Intensity of feeling, passionate belief , and utter commitment to the behavior therapist are rare.
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These are the bases of the passionate beliefs of this renowned astrologer.
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His passionate belief in the strength of the Doctor Who ethos saw him extending its repertoire into a whole range of media.
commitment
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Often the initial struggles of such programs show a passionate commitment which somehow overcomes many an uncertainty and lack.
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All of them, however, speak of their work with a sincere and passionate commitment .
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Both are notable for their fine sense of style and for playing of passionate commitment .
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Countless Labour candidates spent the election defending their passionate commitment to a statutory minimum wage and workers' rights.
conviction
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It was the living embodiment of his most passionate convictions .
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The rural picturesque was not only an artistic manner with her, it was a passionate conviction .
desire
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The passionate desire to prevent war determined the whole initial course and direction of the study.
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The body thus becomes an expression, or a medium, for a deep and passionate desire .
intensity
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He showed passionate intensity without any focus.
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The worst, as always, are informed of passionate intensity .
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Aye, I believe you have shown a peculiarly passionate intensity .
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity .
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The Tchaikovsky was decently played but it lacked the passionate intensity that the score asks for, if not demands.
interest
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Clarke had a passionate interest in calculating the figure of the Earth, another central problem for an accurate topographical survey.
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But true enthusiasts are not inspired by making money - their only concern is a passionate interest in the buildings themselves.
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What Amanda was wearing underneath had once been a matter of passionate interest to Don.
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The sense of violence and anger, together with passionate interest , spilled out all over the place.
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Many of the manifestations of this passionate interest in ceremonial and precedence were not particularly dangerous.
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Those who know the Duke recognise his passionate interest in the countryside and the wellbeing of those who live by the land.
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The family moved to Bramley in Surrey when she was five and there she developed a passionate interest in wild flowers.
love
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She also wanted him to undress her and make wild passionate love .
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Lucy envies a young couple she sees on the beach, imagining the passionate love they will make.
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So this was not the equivalent of a father wanting to pass on the passionate love of his hobby to his children.
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The shouting voices did not belong to our little world of passionate love .
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In fact, the ideal represented by her brother seems to have rendered her incapable of passionate love .
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A swift wartime courtship, a deep passionate love of a few weeks, then marriage, separation and death.
man
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Who would have guessed, looking at that stern Capricorn exterior, that such a passionate man lurked inside?
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Everett was a complex and passionate man who could think economically.
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Some people feel them as a kind of outrage and violation, and Boden was a strong-minded and passionate man .
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Doyle, a passionate man who says pretty much what he thinks, has upset more than a few with his assessments.
plea
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He issued a passionate plea to Labour and the Conservatives to spell out what they would do in a hung Parliament.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a passionate love affair
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a passionate speech
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As they got to know each other better, their love grew deeper and more passionate .
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He's passionate about the need to protect the environment.
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I remember many passionate arguments taking place around this table.
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Lau has shown herself to be a passionate defender of the poor.
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She longed to have a mad, passionate affair with him.
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She was a handsome Spanish woman with a passionate nature and a warm, generous heart.
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Sometimes I wish he was more passionate , not so rational about everything.
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Thatcher was always been a passionate believer in the ideals of a free market economy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Days later his passionate affair with cartoonist Sally Anne Lassoon was making headlines.
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Flint, who had just received an intensive coaching from Matthews and Mulholland, began a passionate appeal.
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She has been described by former co-workers as tenacious, humane, passionate and at times thin-skinned.
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The other one, I decided, was too passionate .
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The result is a passionate , deeply informed account that makes no pretense of being a balanced work of history.
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Those who know the Duke recognise his passionate interest in the countryside and the wellbeing of those who live by the land.
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What we are witnessing is the eager consummation that follows a long and passionate seduction.