enthusiastic
full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
Origin of enthusiastic
1Other words for enthusiastic
Other words from enthusiastic
- en·thu·si·as·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·en·thu·si·as·tic, adjective
- hy·per·en·thu·si·as·tic, adjective
- non·en·thu·si·as·tic, adjective
- o·ver·en·thu·si·as·tic, adjective
- pseu·do·en·thu·si·as·tic, adjective
- qua·si-en·thu·si·as·tic, adjective
- un·en·thu·si·as·tic, adjective
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How to use enthusiastic in a sentence
Florence does not quite come up to the expectations one forms of it from the description of over-enthusiastic travellers.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography | Louis SpohrHe never made sides play on till they were speechless with fatigue, as some over-enthusiastic house captains had been known to do.
The Loom of Youth | Alec WaughThey resented their leader's concessions to the Catholics and were not over-enthusiastic towards unification.
Belgium | Emile Cammaerts"He did not seem over-enthusiastic at Carrington's news," mused Scarsdale, and then his mind turned to his own affairs.
Her Ladyship's Elephant | David Dwight WellsThis sounds to our ears like the highly coloured visionary dream of some over-enthusiastic Hebrew.
Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation | S. D. Gordon
British Dictionary definitions for enthusiastic
/ (ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk) /
filled with or motivated by enthusiasm; fanatical; keen
Derived forms of enthusiastic
- enthusiastically, adverb
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