impassioned

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He seemed about to deliver some important announcement--impassioned, even, but to her huge disgust he smothered the impulse, jerked his hand away as if he had scorched his fingers, and blushed guiltily.

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  1. adjective Filled with passion; fervent: an impassioned plea for justice.

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  • There were no hesitations, no false starts, no fleeting "uh"s to indicate blind groping for the phrase she needed; just a swift, impassioned, angry torrent of words, exploding outward like wild animals desperate to be free. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 01 - July 1997
  • His manner when speaking was nervous and impassioned, and at times fiercely vehement, and again persuasive and tenderly pathetic, and in every mood he was deeply eloquent. —  The Memories of Fifty Years
  • We see, from Hogg's description, how impassioned was a meeting between Mary and Shelley, which he chanced to witness; and later on Shelley is said to have rushed into her room with laudanum, threatening to take it if she would not have pity on him. —  Mrs. Shelley
  • The place was endeared to those who had gone to hear John and to be baptized by him;[1020] and as these recalled the impassioned call to repentance, the stirring proclamation of the kingdom by the now murdered and lamented Baptist, they remembered his affirmation of One mightier than himself, and saw in Jesus the realization of that testimony. —  Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
  • She throws her arms, impassioned, around her lover, who, resting with his right hand upon his javelin, and holding with the left the traces which confine his dogs, looks upon her unmoved by her solicitations, and impatient to repair to the chase. —  Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)
 

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passionate ·  fervent ·  ardent ·  eloquent ·  vehement ·  pathetic ·  impetuous ·  poetic ·  tearful ·  inspire ·  plaintive ·  manly
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/ɪmˈpæʃənd/
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