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passion

n. a feeling of strong sexual desire

love, passion

n. any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";

Passion, Passion of Christ

n. the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion

passion, passionateness

n. a strong feeling or emotion

heat, warmth, passion

n. the trait of being intensely emotional

mania, passion, cacoethes

n. an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

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ardor, ardour

n. intense feeling of love

devotion, devotedness

n. feelings of ardent love; "their devotion to each other was beautiful"

ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus

n. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens

preference, penchant, predilection, taste

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

fondness, fancy, partiality

n. a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"

fury, rage, madness

n. a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"

gusto, relish, zest, zestfulness

n. vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

life force, vital force, vitality, elan vital

n. (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

pique, temper, irritation

n. a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

love

n. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"

admiration, esteem

n. a feeling of delighted approval and liking

wonder, wonderment, admiration

n. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

regard, respect

n. a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect"

respect, esteem, regard

n. an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"

anger, choler, ire

n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

fit, tantrum, scene, conniption

n. a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"

mania, manic disorder

n. a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

mode

n. a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode"

vogue, trend, style

n. the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

craze

n. a fine crack in a glaze or other surface

fashion

n. the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior

life

n. a motive for living; "pottery was his life"

craving

n. an intense desire for some particular thing

longing, yearning, hungriness

n. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

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indifference

n. unbiased impartial unconcern

emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality

n. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness

n. the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

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