youthful passion
Adolescent fire within
Youthful passion is the intense enthusiasm or fervor characteristic of young people—eager, idealistic, and often unchecked by experience.
The phrase can describe romantic love, political conviction, or devotion to a cause: She threw herself into activism with youthful passion.
It carries connotations of both admirable energy and naive excess.
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- fireCombustion with flames
heart on fire · intensity · infatuation · puppy love · crush · first love · first kiss · summer romance · burning · desire · reckless · wild · impulsive · naive · innocent · tender · raw · ache
- Sturm und DrangGoethe, Klinger, Lavater, Burger, emotional intensity
youthful passionapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · detachment · dispassion · emotional numbness · coldness
youthful passioncynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
jadedness · disillusionment · pessimism · defeatism · hopelessness
youth, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness, young, younger, youngest, youngster, passion