- any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- strong amorous feeling or desire; love; affection.
- strong sexual desire; lust.
- an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.
- a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.
- a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music.
- the object of such a fondness or desire: Accuracy became a passion with him.
- an outburst of strong emotion or feeling: He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words.
- violent anger.
- the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, especially something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior (contrasted with action).
- (often initial capital letter)Theology.
- the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper.
- the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels.
- the sufferings of a martyr.
- ardent love or affection
- intense sexual love
- a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc
- any strongly felt emotion, such as love, hate, envy, etc
- a state or outburst of extreme anger
- the object of an intense desire, ardent affection, or enthusiasm
- an outburst expressing intense emotion
- philosophy
- any state of the mind in which it is affected by something external, such as perception, desire, etc, as contrasted with action
- feelings, desires or emotions, as contrasted with reason
- the sufferings and death of a Christian martyr
- the sufferings of Christ from the Last Supper to his death on the cross
- any of the four Gospel accounts of this
- a musical setting of this
