impassion
Fill with fervor
To impassion is to fill with intense feeling or fervor.
The word appears most often as the past participle impassioned, describing speech, pleas, or arguments delivered with strong emotion: an impassioned defense of free speech, She made an impassioned appeal for help.
The base verb is rare; the adjective does nearly all the work.
Start burning something
- kindleStart a blaze
- inflameIntensify emotion or irritation
- awakenRouse from slumber
- stirMix by circling
rouse · provoke · galvanize · stimulate · excite · animate · enliven · spur
Intense emotional intensity
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
fervency · earnestness · vehemence · fire · drive · conviction · zealousness · sincerity
ignite
Start burning something
stir · rouse · provoke · galvanize · stimulate · excite · animate · enliven · spur · incite
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
ardor · fervency · earnestness · vehemence · fire · drive · conviction · zealousness · sincerity · single-mindedness
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
pathos · heartfelt · intensity · depth · warmth · tenderness · affection · longing · yearning · anguish
impassiondiscourage
Diminish someone's confidence
dishearten · bore · demoralize · dispirit · deflate
- impassioned speechIntense verbal delivery
impassive, impassioned, impassivity, impassively, impassible, impassions, impassiveness