Definition of passion

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Passion (n.) Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.

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Storthing :: Stormy (superl.) Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions..
Fuel :: Fuel (n.) Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement.
Impulse :: Impulse (n.) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will..
Ad Hominem :: Ad hominem () A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man..
Gloat :: Gloat (v. i.) To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice..
Passiontide :: Passiontide (n.) The last fortnight of Lent.
Possession :: Possession (n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession..
Glow :: Glow (v. i.) To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism..
Flame :: Flame (n.) To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
Ustulation :: Ustulation (n.) Lascivious passion; concupiscence.
Empassion :: Empassion (v. t.) To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion.
Intemperate :: Intemperate (a.) Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.
Compassionate :: Compassionate (v. t.) To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.
Passioned :: Passioned (imp. & p. p.) of Passio.
Calm :: Calm (n.) To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions..
Pathos :: Pathos (n.) That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry..
Apathy :: Apathy (n.) Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion..
Curse :: Curse (v. t.) Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation..
On :: On (prep.) Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as, have pity or compassion on him..
Continent :: Continent (a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
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