ə̇mˈpashənd, -paash-, -paish- adjective
: actuated or characterized by or filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth of feeling : ardent
an impassioned oration
the expression of impassioned love of ideal beauty — Richard Garnett †1906
Synonyms:
passionate , ardent , fervent , fervid , perfervid : impassioned indicates intense, strong, and fiery feeling demanding expression
much would I have given to have understood some of his impassioned bursts; when he tossed his arms overhead, stamped, scowled, and glared, till he looked like the very Angel of Vengeance — Herman Melville
as his impassioned language did its work the multitude rose into fury — J.A.Froude
passionate applies to vehemence or violence of emotion sometimes extinguishing rationality
he heard for the first time mamma's passionate appeal to him never to let Judy forget mamma — Rudyard Kipling
may profess Socialism or Communism in passionate harangues from one end of the country to the other, and even suffer martyrdom for it — G.B.Shaw
it had not been condemned in the court of human reason, but lynched outside of it by the passionate and uncompromisingly ruthless war spirit, common to Communists and Fascists — M.R.Cohen
ardent is almost always complimentary and may apply to the fiery or warm expression of lasting intense zeal and militancy
an ardent Jeffersonian, vigorously partisan in the pulpit — H.E.Starr
a man of violent temper, strong prejudices and an ardent Tory had left Virginia because of the unpopularity he had stirred up there against himself — American Guide Series: Maryland
fervent may connote a depth and intensity of glowing feeling, often sustained and steady
a strong and popular preacher, fervent, sometimes fiery, inclined to speak everywhere as though addressing a congregation — J.A.Faulkner
a fervent loyalty such as soldiers feel for a general who leads them in some cause dear to all — Rebecca West
fervid may apply to a warmly or even feverishly expressed emotion, often spontaneous and always intense
because his fervid manner of lovemaking offended her English phlegm — Arnold Bennett
the most fervid and momentous oratory of Revolutionary days — American Guide Series: Massachusetts
perfervid may suggest extreme emotional excitement, sometimes overwrought or factitious
in his perfervid flag-waving moments — S.H.Adams