enthusiasm

Definition for enthusiasm

noun as in keen interest, excitement

Strongest matches

ardor, devotion, eagerness, emotion, energy, feeling, fervor, frenzy, fury, intensity, interest, joy, passion, spirit, warmth, zeal

Strong matches

activity, avidity, conviction, craze, dash, earnestness, ecstasy, exhilaration, fad, fanaticism, fever, fieriness, fire, flame, flare, gaiety, glow, go, heat, hilarity, hobby, impetuosity, joyfulness, keenness, life, mania, mirth, nerve, oomph, orgasm, pep, rapture, relish, snap, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, zest

Weak matches

ardency, red heat, zealousness, élan

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Are you letting that enthusiasm sink in, or are you trying not to dance before you get into the end zone like Russ?

From Los Angeles Times

But greeted by a full house’s demonstratively embracing thankful enthusiasm, he beamed, the hesitant posture turning into ownership.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet, a decade after, the numbers showed that all the millions spent, facilities built and sudden handball enthusiasm generated, did not translate into any discernible rise in people taking part in sport.

From BBC

In contrast to the enthusiasm many displayed, Newsom responded tersely with a text message: “Hiking. Will call back.”

From Los Angeles Times

A Naples cardiologist, Gursoy has no obvious experience working with the federal government; much of his online footprint centers on his enthusiasm for pinball.

From Salon

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