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Definition of Impassioned

1. Adjective. Characterized by intense emotion. "A torrid love affair"

Definition of Impassioned

1. p. p. & a. Actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned orator or discourse.

Definition of Impassioned

1. Adjective. Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent ¹

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Definition of Impassioned

1. impassion [v] - See also: impassion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impassioned

Literary usage of Impassioned

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Great English Essayists by William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson (1909)
"impassioned PROSE A VERY brief note is sufficient to indicate what is meant by impassioned prose. It may be described as prose so impregnated with emotion ..."

2. Mental Science: A Compendium of Psychology, and the History of Philosophy by Alexander Bain (1870)
"The Persistence of Ideas, through emotional excitement, counts in the conflict of Motives, and constitutes a class of impassioned or Exaggerated Ends, ..."

3. The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and by John Franklin Genung (1900)
"The impassioned Type.—This type of prose, which, as the name indicates, is the outcome of strong and exalted emotion, is most purely represented in oratory; ..."

4. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"Irving's Opinion, and Ellen Terry's—Guiding Oneself Through the impassioned Speech—Crescendo of Emotion—Beginning Gently—Nervousness Often a Good ..."

5. Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the by Richard Whately (1841)
"The two methods may often be both used on the same occasion, beginning with the calm, and proceeding to the impassioned, afterwards, when the feelings of ..."

6. Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the by Richard Whately (1848)
"The two methods may often be both used on the same occasion, beginning with the calm, and proceeding to the impassioned, afterwards, when the feelings of ..."

7. Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the by Richard Whately (1843)
"... both used on the same occasion, beginning with the calm, and proceeding to the impassioned, afterwards, when the feelings of the ..."

8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... the tenderly impassioned countenance of the saint, the very realistic and manly portrait of the donor (Francesco del Pugliese), the vast and strange ..."

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