impassioned

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   filled with or expressing intense emotion and strong conviction

   She delivered an impassioned speech in defense of the threatened woodland.

Common collocations

• impassioned appeal Adjective + noun

The past-participial adjective of impassion ("to fill with passion"), formed with im- + passion + -ed. Passion came through Old French from Latin passio ("suffering"), then broadened in English to powerful emotion and enthusiasm.

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