- passion
- nounADJECTIVE▪ grand, great▪
She didn't believe in grand passion or love at first sight.
▪She was his first great passion.
▪a woman of great passion
▪ all-consuming, burning, consuming, deep, fierce, fiery, intense▪ animal (old-fashioned), physical, romantic, sexual▪ secret▪He had a secret passion for poetry.
▪ considerable, deep, real, strong▪There were moments of real passion in the game.
▪ unbridled, violent▪ renewed▪The team has been playing with renewed passion this season.
▪his renewed passion for the game
▪ abiding, genuine, lifelong▪his lifelong passion for flying
▪ personal▪ shared▪Elliot and Nina discovered a shared passion for poetry.
▪ human▪ youthful▪ intellectual, moral, political, religious… OF PASSION▪ surge, waveVERB + PASSION▪ arouse, awaken, ignite, inflame▪No one had ever aroused his passion as much as Sandra.
▪ rekindle▪ be filled with, feel▪the great passion he felt for her
▪ develop, have▪A writer should have passion.
▪ fuel, rouse, stir▪This issue always rouses passion.
▪ discover▪ share▪They shared a passion for food.
▪ express▪ feel▪ lack▪ indulge, pursue▪She had very little time to indulge her passion for painting.
PASSION + VERB▪ cool, wane▪As time went by the passion cooled.
▪ drive sb▪That passion drove me to get to the top.
PREPOSITION▪ with passion▪They kissed with passion.
▪He argued his case with great passion.
▪ passion between▪The passion between them had cooled.
▪ passion for▪his all-consuming passion for her
▪He developed a real passion for acting.
PHRASES▪ a crime of passion▪She killed her husband's lover in a crime of passion.
▪ full of passion▪a speech full of passion
▪ a night of passion▪They spent a night of passion in a hotel.
▪ the object of sb's passion▪the young girl who was the object of his passion
Collocations dictionary. 2013.