Impassioned vs Emotional - What's the difference?
impassioned | emotional | Related terms |
Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.9:
*:She was empassioned at that piteous act, / With zealous envy of the Greekes cruell fact / Against that nation […].
*1839 , (Charles Dickens), Nicholas Nickleby , VI:
*:The tears fell fast from the maiden's eyes as she closed her impassioned appeal, and hid her face in the bosom of her sister.
Of or relating to the emotions.
Characterised by emotion.
Determined by emotion rather than reason.
Appealing to or arousing emotion.
Easily affected by emotion.
Readily displaying emotion.
As adjectives the difference between impassioned and emotional
is that impassioned is filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent while emotional is of or relating to the emotions.impassioned
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Alternative forms
*empassionedAdjective
(en adjective)emotional
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Adjective
(en adjective)- emotional crisis
- emotional decision
- emotional speech
- She’s an emotional person.
- emotional greeting