1. (

• passion ,
• passionateness

) a strong feeling or emotion ;

2. (

• heat ,
• warmth ,
• passion

) the trait of being intensely emotional ;

3. (

• rage ,
• passion ,

) something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him" ;

4. (

• mania ,
• passion ,
• cacoethes

) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action ;

5. (

• passion ,

) a feeling of strong sexual desire ;

6. (

• love ,
• passion

) any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting" ;

7. (

• Passion ,
• Passion_of_Christ

) the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion ;