| Noun | 1. | passion - strong feeling or emotionfeeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" infatuation - foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration wildness, abandon - a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger" | |
| 2. | passion - intense passion or emotion | |
| 3. | passion - something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him"desire - something that is desired | |
| 4. | passion - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or actionagromania - an intense desire to be alone or out in the open egomania - an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs kleptomania - an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive phaneromania - an irresistible desire to pick a superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting) pyromania - an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things | |
| 5. | passion - a feeling of strong sexual desire | |
| 6. | passion - any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock fighting";object - the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" | |
| 7. | Passion - the suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion | |