adj.
Function: adjective
Date: 1603
: filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
synonyms IMPASSIONED , PASSIONATE , ARDENT , FERVENT , FERVID , PERFERVID mean showing intense feeling. IMPASSIONED implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression <an impassioned plea for justice>. PASSIONATE implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion <a passionate denunciation>. ARDENT implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm <an ardent supporter of human rights>. FERVENT stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal < fervent good wishes>. FERVID suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion < fervid love letters>. PERFERVID implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings < perfervid expressions of patriotism>.