- pas|sion
- pas|sion «PASH uhn», noun.1. a very strong feeling; emotion: »
Hate and fear are passions. The opera star sang with great passion.
SYNONYM(S): See syn. under feeling. (Cf. ↑feeling)2. Often, passions. strong feelings or emotions as an obstacle to civilized conduct or rational behavior: »Passions have their root in that which is crippled, blemished, or insecure within us (Harper's).
3. a fit or mood of some emotion, especially violent anger; rage: »He flew into a passion, shouting insults at us. She broke into a passion of tears (Dickens).
4. a) a very strong love or desire between a man and a woman: »I love thee so, that…Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide (Shakespeare).
b) a person who is the object of such love or desire.5. Figurative. a) a very strong liking: »Her passion for caraway seeds, for instance, was uncontrollable (Lytton Strachey).
b) a thing for which a strong liking is felt: »Music is her passion.
6. Archaic. suffering.7. Often, the Passion. a) the sufferings of Jesus on the Cross or after the Last Supper. b) the story of these sufferings in the Bible. c) a musical setting of this story: »Bach's Passion According to Saint Matthew.
d) a representation in art of the sufferings of Christ.8. a) the fact or condition of being affected by external force: »The word passion signifies the receiving any action, in a large philosophical sense (Isaac Watts).
b) an effect produced by action from without.╂[< Old French passiun, and passion, learned borrowing from Latin passiō, -ōnis < patī to suffer]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.