enthuse[verb]Synonyms: thrill, electrify, send, drool, rave, rhapsodize, rhapsody
Contrasted words: censure, criticize, belittle, depreciate, disparage, dispraise, knock, undervalue
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
en‧thuse /ɪnˈθjuːz $ ɪnˈθuːz/
verb [
Word Family: noun:
enthusiasm,
enthusiast;
verb:
enthuse;
adverb:
enthusiastically ≠
UNENTHUSIASTICALLY;
adjective:
enthusiastic ≠
UNENTHUSIASTIC]
[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: enthusiasm]
1. [intransitive] to talk about something in a very interested or excited way
enthuse about/over
Rick was there, enthusing about life in Australia.2. [transitive usually passive] to make someone interested in something or excited by it
be enthused by/with something The owners were certainly enthused by the offer. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲