Passionful

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Having a strong enthusiasm and deep emotional commitment towards a specific interest or pursuit
2. Expressing or characterized by a powerful emotional intensity or eagerness
3. Showing deep feelings or fervent enthusiasm in attitude or behavior

Etymology: "Passionful" is a straightforward formation: the noun "passion" with the suffix "-ful," which turns a noun into an adjective meaning "full of" or "characterized by" whatever the noun names. A "hopeful" person is full of hope and a "sorrowful" tune is full of sorrow, and "passionful" follows the same pattern to describe something full of strong feeling. The base word carries a more dramatic history. "Passion" comes from Latin "passio," meaning suffering or enduring, from the verb "pati," to suffer. Its earliest English sense was closer to suffering, especially the sufferings of Christ, and only later did it come to mean intense emotion. So a word built on "passion" originally pointed toward endurance rather than fervour.

Synonyms: emotional, ardent, fervent, intense, zealous

Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, unemotional, dispassionate, calm