impassioned

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Etymology

From impassion +‎ -ed.

Adjective

impassioned (comparative more impassioned, superlative most impassioned)

  1. Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: ">…] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      She was empassioned at that piteous act, / With zealous envy of the Greekes cruell fact / Against that nation
    • 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “In which the Occurrence of the Accident mentioned in the last Chapter, affords an opportunity to a couple of Gentlemen to tell Stories against each other”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1839, →OCLC:
      The tears fell fast from the maiden's eyes as she closed her impassioned appeal, and hid her face in the bosom of her sister.
    • 2025 March 5, Richard Wilcock, “In defence of the train drivers”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 30:
      Of course, when I mentioned walking from one end of the platform to another (to change ends, or to check for possible hazards or obstructions), he gave a very impassioned defence of drivers having multiple exercises and jobs to finish - which is very true.

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