appassionato

American  

[uh-pah-see-uh-nah-toh, uh-pash-uh-, ahp-pahs-syaw-nah-taw] / əˌpɑ si əˈnɑ toʊ, əˌpæʃ ə-, ɑpˌpɑs syɔˈnɑ tɔ /

adjective

Music.

1. impassioned; with passion or strong feeling.

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appassionato British  

/ əˌpæsjəˈnɑːtəʊ /

adjective

1. music (to be performed) in an impassioned manner

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Etymology

Origin of appassionato

From Italian; ap- ¹, passion, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

But Berg had the last word with his Allegro appassionato, seeming to make explicit the pervasive yearning of Schubert and take its Romantic sentiment to a breaking point.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

She maintains her common touch but it takes an appassionato of things Roman like me to nod along when Beard complains, of another interpreter: “He reaches too easily for that over-used term apotropaic.”

From Washington Post

"What are you doing here?" roared the conductor, appassionato.

From Time Magazine Archive

A knock at the door broke the notturno appassionato.

From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington

Now it sings in a strong unison of the strings largamente ed appassionato, and with clang of chord in lower brass.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.