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teenage girl. 5 Usually, Passion. pain, suffering, agony,<br />

martyrdom: Christ underwent his Passion at Calvary.<br />

passionate<br />

adj. 1 ardent, eager, intense, fervid, zealous, avid, eager,<br />

earnest, zestful, feverish, fanatic(al), vehement, impassioned,<br />

emotional, animated, spirited, enthusiastic, vigorous,<br />

invigorated, energetic: Passionate environmentalists campaign<br />

for better governmental control of carbon dioxide emissions. 2<br />

aroused, lustful, lecherous, erotic, sexual, amorous, sensual,<br />

Colloq hot: She tried to resist his passionate advances. 3<br />

quick-tempered, irascible, hotheaded, fiery, testy, huffy or<br />

huffish, peevish, cranky, peppery, choleric, touchy, bilious,<br />

snappish, volatile, cross, temperamental, irritable,<br />

quarrelsome, pugnacious, argumentative, contentious,<br />

belligerent, Rare atrabilious or atrabiliar: Valerie gets into<br />

a passionate mood whenever she thinks she is being treated<br />

unjustly.<br />

passive adj. 1 inactive, non-aggressive, inert, motionless,<br />

unresponsive, quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, placid, still,<br />

idle, unmoving, unmoved, impassive, untouched, cool,<br />

indifferent, phlegmatic, uninterested, uninvolved,<br />

dispassionate, apathetic, lifeless, listless, quiescent,<br />

unperturbed, unaffected, imperturbable, unshaken, Colloq<br />

laid-back, out of it: The comic was unable to get a reaction<br />

from the passive audience. 2 submissive, repressed,<br />

deferential, yielding, compliant, complaisant, receptive,<br />

flexible, malleable, pliable, tractable, docile, subdued,<br />

sheepish, ovine, lamblike, cow-like, bovine, tame, gentle, meek,<br />

patient, unresisting, unassertive, forbearing, tolerant,<br />

resigned, long-suffering, Colloq US excuse-me-for-living:<br />

People tend to bully those of a more passive nature. 3<br />

unexpressed, tacit, unrevealed, undisclosed, implicit,<br />

unasserted: We can no longer take a passive position regarding<br />

crime. Your passive support, while welcome, is not as effective<br />

as active campaigning.<br />

password n. watchword, shibboleth, open sesame, countersign: If you<br />

don't know the password, the guard won't let you in.<br />

past<br />

adj. 1 over, done, finished, (over and) done with, gone (and<br />

forgotten), dead (and buried or gone), defunct: The day of the

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