dithyrambic
adjective. unrestrained
eager
adjective. anxious, enthusiastic
- acquisitive
- agog
- ambitious
- antsy
- appetent
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- breathless
- champing at the bit
- covetous
- craving
- desiring
- desirous
- dying to
- earnest
- fervent
- fervid
- greedy
- gung ho
- hankering
- heated
- hot
- hot to trot
- hungry
- impatient
- intent
- keen
- longing
- pining
- rarin' to go
- ready and willing
- restive
- restless
- self-starting
- solicitous
- thirsty
- vehement
- voracious
- warmblooded
- wild
- wishful
- yearning
- zealous
eccentric
adjective. bizarre, unusual
- aberrant
- abnormal
- anomalous
- beat
- bent
- bizarre
- capricious
- characteristic
- cockeyed
- crazy
- curious
- droll
- erratic
- far out
- flaky
- freak
- freakish
- funky
- funny
- idiosyncratic
- irregular
- kooky
- nutty
- odd
- oddball
- off the wall
- off-center
- offbeat
- out in left field
- outlandish
- peculiar
- quaint
- queer
- quirky
- quizzical
- singular
- strange
- uncommon
- unconventional
- unnatural
- way out
- weird
- whimsical
- wild
ecstatic
adjective. very happy, blissful
- athrill
- beatific
- crazy
- delirious
- dreamy
- elated
- enraptured
- enthusiastic
- entranced
- euphoric
- fervent
- floating
- flying high
- frenzied
- gone
- high
- in exaltation
- in seventh heaven
- joyful
- joyous
- mad
- on cloud nine
- out
- overjoyed
- pleased as punch
- rapturous
- ravished
- rhapsodic
- sent
- sunny
- thrilled
- tickled pink
- tickled to death
- transported
- turned on
- upbeat
- wild
excited
adjective. inspired; upset
- aflame
- agitated
- animated
- annoyed
- aroused
- awakened
- beside oneself
- charged
- delighted
- discomposed
- disconcerted
- disturbed
- eager
- enthusiastic
- feverish
- fired up
- frantic
- high
- hot
- hot and bothered
- hyperactive
- hysterical
- in a tizzy
- inflamed
- juiced up
- jumpy
- keyed up
- moved
- nervous
- on edge
- on fire
- overwrought
- passionate
- piqued
- provoked
- roused
- ruffled
- steamed up
- stimulated
- stirred
- thrilled
- tumultous/tumultuous
- wild
- wired
- worked up
- zipped up
exciting
adjective. inspiring, exhilarating
- agitative
- animating
- appealing
- arousing
- arresting
- astonishing
- bracing
- breathtaking
- commoving
- dangerous
- dramatic
- electrifying
- exhilarant
- eye-popping
- far-out
- fine
- flashy
- groovy
- hair-raising
- heady
- hectic
- impelling
- impressive
- interesting
- intoxicating
- intriguing
- lively
- melodramatic
- mind-blowing
- moving
- neat
- overpowering
- overwhelming
- provocative
- racy
- rip-roaring
- rousing
- sensational
- showy
- spine-tingling
- stimulating
- stirring
- thrilling
- titillating
- wild
- zestful
explosive
adjective. volatile, dangerous
fanatical
adjective. overenthusiastic
- biased
- bigoted
- bugged
- burning
- contumacious
- credulous
- devoted
- dogmatic
- domineering
- enthusiastic
- erratic
- extreme
- fervent
- feverish
- fiery
- frenzied
- headstrong
- high on
- immoderate
- impassioned
- impulsive
- incorrigible
- infatuated
- mad
- monomaniacal
- narrow-minded
- nuts for
- obsessed
- obsessive
- obstinate
- opinionated
- partial
- partisan
- passionate
- possessed
- prejudiced
- rabid
- radical
- raving
- single-minded
- stubborn
- turned on
- unruly
- violent
- visionary
- wild
- willful
- zealous
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