impassionate

[ im-pash-uh-nit ]

adjective

1. filled with passion; impassioned. impassioned.

Other Words From

• im·passion·ate·ly adverb
• unim·passion·ate adjective
• unim·passion·ate·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of impassionate¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; impassion + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

But when angered, her impassionate nature manifests itself in its ugliest form.

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I will leave it to the calm, impassionate and unpartisan reader to state whether that remark ought to create ill-feeling.

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She took up postures of prayer and rapture, with staring eyes, and spoke with impassionate and glowing rhetoric.

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Of all characters, perhaps that of the loving, impassionate Star of the North suited her best.

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Only persons of the highest character could handle themselves in such a straightforward impassionate way.

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