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teenage girl. 5 Usually, Passion. pain, suffering, agony,
martyrdom: Christ underwent his Passion at Calvary.
passionate
adj. 1 ardent, eager, intense, fervid, zealous, avid, eager,
earnest, zestful, feverish, fanatic(al), vehement, impassioned,
emotional, animated, spirited, enthusiastic, vigorous,
invigorated, energetic: Passionate environmentalists campaign
for better governmental control of carbon dioxide emissions. 2
aroused, lustful, lecherous, erotic, sexual, amorous, sensual,
Colloq hot: She tried to resist his passionate advances. 3
quick-tempered, irascible, hotheaded, fiery, testy, huffy or
huffish, peevish, cranky, peppery, choleric, touchy, bilious,
snappish, volatile, cross, temperamental, irritable,
quarrelsome, pugnacious, argumentative, contentious,
belligerent, Rare atrabilious or atrabiliar: Valerie gets into
a passionate mood whenever she thinks she is being treated
unjustly.
passive adj. 1 inactive, non-aggressive, inert, motionless,
unresponsive, quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, placid, still,
idle, unmoving, unmoved, impassive, untouched, cool,
indifferent, phlegmatic, uninterested, uninvolved,
dispassionate, apathetic, lifeless, listless, quiescent,
unperturbed, unaffected, imperturbable, unshaken, Colloq
laid-back, out of it: The comic was unable to get a reaction
from the passive audience. 2 submissive, repressed,
deferential, yielding, compliant, complaisant, receptive,
flexible, malleable, pliable, tractable, docile, subdued,
sheepish, ovine, lamblike, cow-like, bovine, tame, gentle, meek,
patient, unresisting, unassertive, forbearing, tolerant,
resigned, long-suffering, Colloq US excuse-me-for-living:
People tend to bully those of a more passive nature. 3
unexpressed, tacit, unrevealed, undisclosed, implicit,
unasserted: We can no longer take a passive position regarding
crime. Your passive support, while welcome, is not as effective
as active campaigning.
password n. watchword, shibboleth, open sesame, countersign: If you
don't know the password, the guard won't let you in.
past adj. 1 over, done, finished, (over and) done with, gone (and
forgotten), dead (and buried or gone), defunct: The day of the