Impassioned vs Spirited - What's the difference?
impassioned | spirited | 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.
(spirit)
Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, "
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, year=2012
, date=June 9
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, title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark
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Impassioned is a related term of spirited.
As adjectives the difference between impassioned and spirited
is that impassioned is filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent while spirited is lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.As a verb spirited is
(spirit).impassioned
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Alternative forms
*empassionedAdjective
(en adjective)spirited
English
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* free-spirited * low-spirited * high-spirited * mean-spiritedAdjective
(en adjective)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
citation, page= , passage=But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.}}