impassioned

adjective

im·​pas·​sioned im-ˈpa-shənd 

: filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling

Synonyms

• ardent
• blazing
• burning
• charged
• demonstrative
• emotional
• fervent
• fervid
• feverish
• fiery
• flaming
• glowing
• hot-blooded
• incandescent
• intense
• passional
• passionate
• perfervid
• red-hot
• religious
• superheated
• torrid
• vehement
• warm
• warm-blooded

Choose the Right Synonym for impassioned

impassioned, passionate, ardent, fervent, fervid, perfervid mean showing intense feeling.

impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression.

an impassioned plea for justice

passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion.

a passionate denunciation

ardent implies an intense degree of zeal, devotion, or enthusiasm.

an ardent supporter of human rights

fervent stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal.

fervent good wishes

fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed emotion.

fervid love letters

perfervid implies the expression of exaggerated or overwrought feelings.

perfervid expressions of patriotism

Examples of impassioned in a Sentence

Her lawyer made an impassioned argument in her defense.

an impassioned plea for justice

Recent Examples on the Web

From scoring some free pizza (shame about the pizza guy) to watching some MTV videos in the middle of Mulaney’s impassioned speech explaining his need for vengeance, the sketch’s would-be mastermind can’t stop everything from coming up Chad. —Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025

During an impassioned speech at SCAD TVfest in Atlanta on Friday, the Orange is the New Black star tore into the Republicans' anti-trans legislation before introducing a screening of her new show, Clean Slate. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2025

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave an impassioned speech Saturday night, in introducing retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., that many consider the best of his near-decade career. —Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2025

Amy Sussman / Getty Images Chappell Roan wins best new artist and makes an impassioned speech, demanding record labels pay their artists a living wage and provide them with health insurance. —Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

impassioned

adjective

im·​pas·​sioned

im-ˈpash-ənd

: showing very strong feeling

an impassioned speech