PASSIONATENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A strong feeling or emotion

Synonyms:

passion; passionateness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("passionateness" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passionateness"):

infatuation (a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration)

abandon; wildness (a feeling of extreme emotional intensity)

ardor; ardour; fervency; fervidness; fervor; fervour; fire (feelings of great warmth and intensity)

storminess (violent passion in speech or action)

Derivation:

passionate (having or expressing strong emotions)