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Showing intense, fervent emotion, especially through speech, argument, or action.
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Describe an argument, plea, or declaration delivered with great feeling.Give dialogue or advocacy a forceful emotional charge.
Words that belong together
- impassioned plea
- impassioned speech
- impassioned defense
- impassioned appeal
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Her impassioned appeal persuaded the council to reopen the shelter.
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- impassioned
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Suggests visibly intense feeling; it is stronger and more dramatic than simply earnest.
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