| Noun | 1. | passionateness - 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" | |