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passion

noun
  1. Powerful, intense emotion: ardor, fervency, fervor, fire. See feelings
  2. The passionate affection and desire felt by lovers for each other: amorousness, fancy, love, romance. See love, sex
  3. Sexual hunger: amativeness, concupiscence, desire, eroticism, erotism, itch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, prurience, pruriency. See desire, sex
  4. A strong, enthusiastic liking for something: love, love affair, romance. See love
  5. Passionate devotion to or interest in a cause or subject, for example: ardor, enthusiasm, fervor, fire, zeal, zealousness. See concern, feelings
  6. A subject or activity that inspires lively interest: craze, enthusiasm, mania, rage. See concern
  7. An angry outburst: fit 2, huff, tantrum, temper. Informal: conniption, conniption fit. See feelings

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