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Passion

A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross.

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Abandon 76% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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Alcoholism 76% connected

A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

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Ardor 76% connected

Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.

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Dipsomania 76% connected

A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholis…

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Fervency 76% connected

The state of being fervent or warm; ardor; warmth of feeling or devotion; eagerness.

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Fervor 76% connected

Heat; excessive warmth.

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Fieriness 76% connected

The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; as, a fieriness of temper.

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Infatuation 76% connected

The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.

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Kleptomania 76% connected

A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.

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Monomania 76% connected

Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to s…

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Possession 76% connected

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

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Pyromania 76% connected

An insane disposition to incendiarism.

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Storminess 76% connected

The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.

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Wildness 76% connected

The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; dis…

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Agony 76% connected

Violent contest or striving.

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Concupiscence 76% connected

Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.

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Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Emotionalism 76% connected

The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

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Eros 76% connected

Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent…

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Excruciation 76% connected

The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.

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Feeling 76% connected

of Feel

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Suffering 76% connected

of Suffer

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Cacoethes 92% connected

A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing".

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Heat 92% connected

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

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Love 92% connected

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderne…

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Mania 92% connected

Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

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Passionateness 92% connected

The state or quality of being passionate.

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Rage 92% connected

Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.

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Warmth 92% connected

The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth.

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