impassionate

[ im-pash-uh-nit ]
/ ɪmˈpæʃ ə nɪt /

adjective

filled with passion; impassioned.

Origin of impassionate

First recorded in 1595–1605; impassion + -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM impassionate

im·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverb un·im·pas·sion·ate, adjective un·im·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverb

Words nearby impassionate

impartible, impassable, impasse, impassible, impassion, impassionate, impassioned, impassive, impaste, impasto, impatent

Example sentences from the Web for impassionate

  • But when angered, her impassionate nature manifests itself in its ugliest form.

    Woman and Socialism |August Bebel

  • I will leave it to the calm, impassionate and unpartisan reader to state whether that remark ought to create ill-feeling.

    Remarks |Bill Nye

  • Of all characters, perhaps that of the loving, impassionate Star of the North suited her best.

    A Mad Love |Bertha M. Clay

  • She took up postures of prayer and rapture, with staring eyes, and spoke with impassionate and glowing rhetoric.

    Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology |C. G. Jung