passion meaning and definition

PASSION noun

Definition of passion (noun)

1. a strong feeling or emotion
   • synonyms: passionateness
2. the trait of being intensely emotional
   • synonyms: heat, warmth
3. something that is desired intensely
   • "his rage for fame destroyed him"
   • synonyms: rage
4. an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
   • synonyms: cacoethes, mania
5. a feeling of strong sexual desire
6. any object of warm affection or devotion
   • "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";
   • synonyms: love
7. the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion
   • synonyms: Passion of Christ