Impassioned
adjective
Filled with strong or deep feelings or emotions for something.
He made an impassioned plea for peace
Often appears as...
- impassioned plea
- impassioned speech
adjective
Filled with strong or deep feelings or emotions for something.
He made an impassioned plea for peace
Often appears as...
- impassioned plea
- impassioned speech
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Emotions
Use 'impassioned' to emphasize the strength of someone's emotions, often in a persuasive context.
Her impassioned defense of the proposal won over the committee.
Pro Tip 2/3Persuasive Speeches
'Impassioned' is commonly used when discussing speeches or debates that aim to convince others.
The lawyer's impassioned closing argument resonated with the jury.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Appeal
An 'impassioned' statement often appeals to emotions rather than logic or reason.
His impassioned appeal to save the old theatre appealed to the townsfolk's nostalgia.
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Emotions
Use 'impassioned' to emphasize the strength of someone's emotions, often in a persuasive context.
Her impassioned defense of the proposal won over the committee.
Pro Tip 2/3Persuasive Speeches
'Impassioned' is commonly used when discussing speeches or debates that aim to convince others.
The lawyer's impassioned closing argument resonated with the jury.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Appeal
An 'impassioned' statement often appeals to emotions rather than logic or reason.
His impassioned appeal to save the old theatre appealed to the townsfolk's nostalgia.
Pro Tip 1/3Strong Emotions
Use 'impassioned' to emphasize the strength of someone's emotions, often in a persuasive context.
Her impassioned defense of the proposal won over the committee.
Pro Tip 2/3Persuasive Speeches
'Impassioned' is commonly used when discussing speeches or debates that aim to convince others.
The lawyer's impassioned closing argument resonated with the jury.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Appeal
An 'impassioned' statement often appeals to emotions rather than logic or reason.
His impassioned appeal to save the old theatre appealed to the townsfolk's nostalgia.
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Steven Levitt on child...
is not actually based on very much. It really is based on some impassioned pleas of parents whose children died after they turned two, which has led to the passage of all these laws -- not very much on data. So you can only get so far, I think, in telling your story by using these abstract statistics.
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Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk,...
and for reintegration in the environment in all of these formats that you've seen. So the thread of discovery that we have really is a thread. We're impassioned with this idea that whatever you want to do, whether you want to replace a vein or a bone, or maybe be more sustainable in microelectronics,
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Ray Kurzweil: A...
and other leaders in the high-tech and science community. And our goal was to assemble the leaders, both teachers and students, in these exponentially growing information technologies, and their application. But Larry Page made an impassioned speech at our organizing meeting,
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3 ways we can redesign...
public university that really gives me hope because of the students and the faculty and what what impassioned them and I do think pedagogy will change as a consequence of all of this because we have to look at everything through this frame of what is equitable what is
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How one journalist...
she built on Southern Horrors in a longer piece called The Red Record. Her careful documentation of the horrors of lynching and impassioned public speeches drew international attention. Wells used her newfound fame to amplify her message. She traveled to Europe,
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How one scientist took...
and their toll on nature and human health. "Silent Spring" immediately drew both applause and impassioned dissent— along with vicious personal attacks on the author. How did this mild-mannered biologist and writer ignite such controversy?
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The story of a parent's...
And her response was impassioned. You said to me, "Do you have any idea what it feels like to finally show yourself to your true friends and have them completely reject you? To ask you to live a lie? Do you know what that feels like?"
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Online predators spread...
But I couldn’t let this criticism defeat me. I knew what the perpetrators had done was wrong, and I knew what they were doing to others was wrong. And so I petitioned. I sent out impassioned pleas for support.
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Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
who work with you, said that it's a really impassioned group of employees who are seeking to do the right thing, and that the problems have come from just some badly conceived policies.
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Art of the Matter PIPE Nat...
That, to me, is hope. People often ask me if I find it to be a bit of a contradiction, being such an impassioned advocate
Video examples
Steven Levitt on child...
is not actually based on very much. It really is based on some impassioned pleas of parents whose children died after they turned two, which has led to the passage of all these laws -- not very much on data. So you can only get so far, I think, in telling your story by using these abstract statistics.
Video examples
Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk,...
and for reintegration in the environment in all of these formats that you've seen. So the thread of discovery that we have really is a thread. We're impassioned with this idea that whatever you want to do, whether you want to replace a vein or a bone, or maybe be more sustainable in microelectronics,
Video examples
Ray Kurzweil: A...
and other leaders in the high-tech and science community. And our goal was to assemble the leaders, both teachers and students, in these exponentially growing information technologies, and their application. But Larry Page made an impassioned speech at our organizing meeting,
Video examples
3 ways we can redesign...
public university that really gives me hope because of the students and the faculty and what what impassioned them and I do think pedagogy will change as a consequence of all of this because we have to look at everything through this frame of what is equitable what is
Video examples
How one journalist...
she built on Southern Horrors in a longer piece called The Red Record. Her careful documentation of the horrors of lynching and impassioned public speeches drew international attention. Wells used her newfound fame to amplify her message. She traveled to Europe,
Video examples
How one scientist took...
and their toll on nature and human health. "Silent Spring" immediately drew both applause and impassioned dissent— along with vicious personal attacks on the author. How did this mild-mannered biologist and writer ignite such controversy?
Video examples
The story of a parent's...
And her response was impassioned. You said to me, "Do you have any idea what it feels like to finally show yourself to your true friends and have them completely reject you? To ask you to live a lie? Do you know what that feels like?"
Video examples
Online predators spread...
But I couldn’t let this criticism defeat me. I knew what the perpetrators had done was wrong, and I knew what they were doing to others was wrong. And so I petitioned. I sent out impassioned pleas for support.
Video examples
Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
who work with you, said that it's a really impassioned group of employees who are seeking to do the right thing, and that the problems have come from just some badly conceived policies.
Video examples
Art of the Matter PIPE Nat...
That, to me, is hope. People often ask me if I find it to be a bit of a contradiction, being such an impassioned advocate
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Dan Gilbert
American Coach
Our entire franchise has done everything in its power to put all of our players and its coaching staff in the best possible position to execute when it counts. And to deliver to the highly supportive fans of Cleveland a proud, intense, impassioned, all-out drive to achieve a championship.
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Jason Silva
American Director
My mode of presentation is short-form video - basically I create fast cut, impassioned 'idea explainers' that explode with enthusiasm and intensity as they distill how technology is expanding our sphere of possibility.
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Corey Stoll
American Actor
It's not necessarily the most compelling thing for a liberal like myself to be making an impassioned plea for the divine rights of kings and for observing the hierarchy of order, of class and authority.
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Katherine Dunn
American Novelist
In boxing, they say it's the punch you don't see coming that knocks you out. In the wider world, the reality we ignore or deny is the one that weakens our most impassioned efforts toward improvement.
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Walter Pater
English Critic
And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with which art had to ad as a religious object.
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Adam Rayner
English Actor
We rarely just hate people or love people. Normally, the people we have moments of the most impassioned hate for, it's because we love them so much.
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Erin Gruwell
American Writer
I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.
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Frederick Henry Hedge
American Clergyman
And I seemed to discern a power and meaning in the old, which the more impassioned would not allow.
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Alexandra Stoddard
Author
Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.
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Becky Sauerbrunn
American Athlete
I'm impassioned about injury prevention as an athlete.
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Dan Gilbert
American Coach
Our entire franchise has done everything in its power to put all of our players and its coaching staff in the best possible position to execute when it counts. And to deliver to the highly supportive fans of Cleveland a proud, intense, impassioned, all-out drive to achieve a championship.
Quote examples
Jason Silva
American Director
My mode of presentation is short-form video - basically I create fast cut, impassioned 'idea explainers' that explode with enthusiasm and intensity as they distill how technology is expanding our sphere of possibility.
Quote examples
Corey Stoll
American Actor
It's not necessarily the most compelling thing for a liberal like myself to be making an impassioned plea for the divine rights of kings and for observing the hierarchy of order, of class and authority.
Quote examples
Katherine Dunn
American Novelist
In boxing, they say it's the punch you don't see coming that knocks you out. In the wider world, the reality we ignore or deny is the one that weakens our most impassioned efforts toward improvement.
Quote examples
Walter Pater
English Critic
And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with which art had to ad as a religious object.
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Adam Rayner
English Actor
We rarely just hate people or love people. Normally, the people we have moments of the most impassioned hate for, it's because we love them so much.
Quote examples
Erin Gruwell
American Writer
I am a teacher born and bred, and I believe in the advocacy of teachers. It's a calling. We want our students to feel impassioned and empowered.
Quote examples
Frederick Henry Hedge
American Clergyman
And I seemed to discern a power and meaning in the old, which the more impassioned would not allow.
Quote examples
Alexandra Stoddard
Author
Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.
Quote examples
Becky Sauerbrunn
American Athlete
I'm impassioned about injury prevention as an athlete.
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