Chapter Partiality to Paternal estate of P by Soule's Synonymes

Passion, n.

1. Suffering (specifically that of Christ by crucifixion).

2. Emotion, ardor, fervor, zeal, rapture, transport, excitement, impulse, glow, strong feeling.

3. Zeal, ardor, vehement desire.

4. Pathos, warmth of feeling, tender emotion.

5. Anger, resentment, wrath, indignation, fury, rage, vehemence, excitement.

6. Love, affection, attachment, fondness, devotion, adoration.

7. Object of passion, absorbing pursuit, rage.

Passionate, a.

1. Warm, ardent, earnest, vehement, excited, animated, fiery, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, burning, zealous, violent, furious, impetuous, impulsive, impassioned.

2. Irascible, excitable, choleric, hasty, impatient, touchy, hot, peppery, hot-tempered, angry, quick-tampered, hot-headed, fiery, violent.

Passionless, a.

1. Impassive, unsusceptible, unimpressible, apathetic, cold, phlegmatic, stoical, cold-blooded, without passion or feeling, self-contained.

2. Cool, calm, collected, unmoved, quiet, imperturbable, of a calm temper.

Passion week. Holy Week, week before Easter.

Passive, a.

1. Quiet, quiescent, inert, inactive, receptive.

2. Unresisting, submissive, patient, long-suffering, enduring, suffering.

Passiveness, n.

1. Passivity.