Passionate Love

Definition

Passionate love is an intense longing we feel for a person, accompanied by physiological arousal; when our love is reciprocated, we feel great fulfillment and ecstasy but when it’s not, we feel sadness and despair.

Related terms

Infatuation: An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something.

Romantic Love:

A deep emotional state characterized by its intensity where one feels a passionate desire to be close to another person.

Lust: Intense sexual desire or appetite that may or may not be reciprocated.