Alive desire
Passionate
Strength 4 of 4
Burning with intense desire or devotion, for a person or a cause, so strong it fills your attention and drives what you do.
In the body
- Heat in the chest and face
- An intense, unwavering gaze
- Driving, forceful energy
- A body that feels fully lit up
Needs behind it
When these needs are met
Softer and stronger
- Attracted
- Romantic
- Aroused
- Infatuated
- Passionate
Often confused with
Aroused
Aroused is desire felt in the body; passionate is intense desire or devotion that takes over attention and action, and need not be sexual.
Enthusiastic
Enthusiastic is wholehearted keenness that is light and easy to share; passionate runs deeper and hotter, a devotion that shapes what you do.