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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

enthusiasm

/ɪnˈθuziˌæzəm/

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What does enthusiasm mean?

noun

  1. An intensity of feeling; an excited interest or eagerness.
  2. Something in which one is keenly interested.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (historical, obsolete) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɪnˈθuziˌæzəm/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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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.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
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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.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140
“I am sure of it, George,” said Eliza, looking upward, while tears of hope and enthusiasm shone on her long, dark lashes.
Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinProject Gutenberg ebook #203
She showed no less enthusiasm over Hakadah than she had done when she held her first-born, the boy’s father, in her arms.
Charles A. EastmanIndian BoyhoodProject Gutenberg ebook #337