Antonyms for passion
ˈpæʃ ənpas·sion

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1. passionnoun

   Fervor, determination.

   Synonyms:
   ardor, zeal, fire in the belly

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1. passion

   Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion," Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Antonyms:
   amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraint

   Synonyms:
   anger, animosity, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, fury, impatience, indignation, ire, irritation, offense, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation, wrath

   Preposition:
   Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.

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1. passion

   Antonyms:
   coolness, indifference, apathy, coldness, frigidity, iciness

   Synonyms:
   emotion, desire, ardor, vehemence, lust, auger, animation, excitement, warmth, feeling

Matched Categories

1. • Agony
   • Desire
   • Emotionality
   • Feeling
   • Irrational Motive
   • Sexual Desire

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. passion, passionatenessnoun

   a strong feeling or emotion

   Synonyms:
   love, mania, cacoethes, passionateness, warmth, rage, heat

2. heat, warmth, passionnoun

   the trait of being intensely emotional

   Synonyms:
   lovingness, rut, affectionateness, warmheartedness, high temperature, mania, cacoethes, heating, love, estrus, warmth, fondness, heat energy, oestrus, hotness, rage, warmness, passionateness, heating plant, heating system, heat

3. rage, passionnoun

   something that is desired intensely

   "his rage for fame destroyed him"

   Synonyms:
   cult, fury, heat, furore, craze, fad, mania, madness, cacoethes, love, passionateness, warmth, rage, furor

4. mania, passion, cacoethesnoun

   an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

   Synonyms:
   love, rage, manic disorder, cacoethes, mania, passionateness, warmth, heat

5. passionnoun

   a feeling of strong sexual desire

   Synonyms:
   heat, passionateness, rage, cacoethes, mania, warmth, love

6. love, passionnoun

   any object of warm affection or devotion

   "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";

   Synonyms:
   erotic love, mania, cacoethes, love life, beloved, love, passionateness, dearest, warmth, making love, rage, honey, lovemaking, sexual love, dear, heat

7. Passion, Passion of Christnoun

   the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion

   Synonyms:
   heat, passionateness, rage, cacoethes, mania, warmth, love

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1. passionnoun

   Synonyms:
   suffering, pain, agony, emotion, ardor, feeling, pathos, wrath, fury, anger, love, infatuation, transport

How to use passion in a sentence?

1. Ripley County:

   This wasn’t some sort of heat of passion, one killing and then minutes or hours or even days later, we’re talking months here, so we think that the consecutive part of the sentence was warranted and appropriate in this circumstance.

2. Prashant Agarwal:

   Aggression is always considered as a negative element and it is acknowledged as a destruction causing parameter but sometimes this aggression is highly demanded for recognition of your passion and also for making it real. Aggression becomes a quality when it leads to some achievement so be little aggressive when needed.

3. BIZIMA Joshua:

   An authentic lifestyle drives passion to success

4. Claudia Cardinale:

   It is with passion and dedication that I will be attentive to the needs of women and fight relentlessly for their rights

5. Marc Wilkins:

   I have an interest, and a passion, and especially an interest in helping this group of people.

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