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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPAS'SIONED, a. Actuated or agitated by passion.
The tempter all impassioned, thus began.
1. Animated; excited; having the feelings warmed; as an impassioned orator.
2. Animated; expressive of passion or ardor; as an impassioned discourse.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid]

Merriam Webster's

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>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. deeply felt; ardent (an impassioned plea).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Impassioned Im*pas"sioned, p. p. & a. Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

An impassioned speech or piece of writing is one in which someone expresses their strong feelings about an issue in a forceful way. (JOURNALISM or WRITTEN) He made an impassioned appeal for peace. = fervent ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Passionate, vehement, impetuous, glowing, intense, excited, animated, fervid, fervent, zealous, warm, ardent.

Moby Thesaurus

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