[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

impassioned \impas"sioned\, p. p.  a.
   actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth
   of feeling; ardent; animated; excited; as, an impassioned
   orator or discourse.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

impassioned
     adj : characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
           lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
           change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
           "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" syn: ardent,
            burninga, fervent, fervid, fiery, perfervid,
            torrid
see also:
ardent burninga fervent fervid fiery perfervid 
torrid 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

125 moby thesaurus words for "impassioned":
   abandoned, ablaze, afire, agog, amative, amatory, amorous,
   animated, aquiver, ardent, aroused, atingle, atwitter, blazing,
   boiling over, breathless, burning, bursting, carried away,
   committed, cordial, dedicated, deep, delirious, desirous, devoted,
   devout, dithyrambic, drunk, eager, earnest, ebullient,
   effervescent, emotional, emphatic, enthusiastic, erotic, excited,
   exciting, exhilarated, exuberant, faithful, febrile, fervent,
   fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery, fired, flaming, flushed,
   furious, glowing, gushing, gushy, hearty, heated, high, hopped up,
   hot, hot-blooded, in earnest, inflamed, inspired, intense, intent,
   intent on, intoxicated, keen, keyed up, lascivious, lathered up,
   lively, loverlike, loverly, loyal, manic, maudlin, melodramatic,
   moved, mushy, on fire, overemotional, overheated, passionate,
   perfervid, profound, provoking, ready to burst, red-hot, resolute,
   romantic, roused, rousing, sentimental, serious, sexual, sincere,
   spirited, steamed up, steaming, steamy, stimulated, stimulating,
   stirred, stirred up, stirring, thrilled, tingling, tingly, torrid,
   turned-on, unrestrained, urgent, vehement, vigorous, violent, warm,
   whipped up, white-hot, worked up, wrought up, yeasty, zealous

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