Impassionate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪmˈpæʃənət/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Impassionate is an adjective meaning Filled with passion; impassioned.
Meaning
Filled with passion; impassioned.
More Meanings
- (transitive) to affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of
- Lacking passion; dispassionate
Example Sentences
The Briton Prince was ſore empaſſionate, / And woxe inclined much vnto her part, [...]
our Saviour Christ was one while deeply impassionated with Sorrow, another while very strongly carried away with Žeal and Anger
Young ministers, deeply impressed and longing to pour out the burning, impassionate zeal of their own souls, are apt to abuse the use of this figure.
Various old ladies in the neighbourhood spoke of him as The Last of the Patriarchs. So grey, so slow, so quiet, so impassionate, so very bumpy in the head, Patriarch was the word for him.
Word Forms
- impassionates
- impassionating
- impassionated
Synonyms for impassionate
Depending on context, synonyms include impassioned, passionate, dispassionate.
Antonyms for impassionate
Common opposites include disimpassioned, apathetic, indifferent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include empassionate, empassioned, impassioned, passionful, passioned, impassionable.
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