HOW TO PRONOUNCE
enthusiasm
/ɪnˈθuziˌæzəm/
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What does enthusiasm mean?
noun
- An intensity of feeling; an excited interest or eagerness.
- Something in which one is keenly interested.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (historical, obsolete) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪnˈθuziˌæzəm/
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Even the brown plush monkey she had bought for Thor with such enthusiasm seemed to have lost his wise and humorous expression.
Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.
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He was the kindest-hearted man that ever lived, and the liveliest—inexhaustible in his enthusiasm, and talking Socialism all day and all night.
“I am sure of it, George,” said Eliza, looking upward, while tears of hope and enthusiasm shone on her long, dark lashes.
She showed no less enthusiasm over Hakadah than she had done when she held her first-born, the boy’s father, in her arms.