Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or hate, Christianity The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion, The state of the mind when it is powerfully acted upon and influenced by something external to itself; the state of any particular faculty which, under such conditions, becomes extremely sensitive or uncontrollably excited; any emotion or sentiment (specifically, love or anger) in a state of abnormal or controlling activity; an extreme or inordinate desire; also, the capacity or susceptibility of being so affected, intransitive verb_ obsolete To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated, transitive verb_ rare To give a passionate character to