passionate

/ˈpa-sh(ə-)nət/

adjective

  1. easily aroused to anger

  2. filled with anger : angry

  3. capable of, affected by, or expressing intense feeling

a passionate but not a vicious boy

was passionate in her defense of her cub, and rage transformed her

impassioned passionate ardent fervent fervid perfervid mean showing intense feeling. impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests fluent verbal expression. passionate implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion.