enthusiasm

Definitions

1. Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
   countable, uncountable
2. illusion
3. An intensity of feeling; an excited interest or eagerness
4. Something in which one is keenly interested.
   countable, uncountable
5. hope, expectation
6. Something in which one is keenly interested
7. Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
   countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable
8. Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy
9. wishful thinking

Equivalents

44 more languages

Afrikaansentoesiasme

العربيةالحماسحرارةحماسحماسة+ 1 more

Беларускаязапа́л

Българскивъзторг

Bosanskialtentuzijazamoduševljenjepoletšpiritzanosентузијазамзаносодушевљењеполет+ 7 more

Catalàentusiasme

Češtinaentuziasmusnadšenísrdcařzápal+ 1 more

Ελληνικάενθουσιασμός

Esperantoentuziasmo

فارسیشور

Suomiasianharrastusentusiasmihanakkuusinnokkuusinnostusintointomielisyyssielunpalovimma+ 6 more

Gàidhligeud

Galegoespíritogostogusto

עבריתהתלהבותחשקלהט

हिन्दीआग्रहउत्साहउमंगजोश+ 1 more

Hrvatskialtentuzijazamoduševljenjepoletšpiritzanosентузијазамзаносодушевљењеполет+ 7 more

Magyarlelkesedés

Հայերենավյունոգևորություն

Bahasa Indonesiasemangatspirit

Íslenskaákafieldmóður

Italianoentusiasmofoga

日本語マニア乗り気元気情熱意気込み気勢気炎熱情熱意熱気熱量生気+ 9 more

ქართულიენთუზიაზმი

한국어열광열의열정열중+ 1 more

Kurdîhararethevêssêvk

Latinaattonitusstudium

LëtzebuergeschBegeeschterung

Македонскиентузијазам

മലയാളംഉത്സാഹംതാത്പര്യം

मराठीउत्साह

Nederlandsenthousiasmegeestdrift

Polskialtbakcylentuzjazmmiłośnictwoumiłowanie+ 2 more

Portuguêsentusiasmo

Românăentuziasm

Русскийвоодушевлениевосторгзапалэнтузиазм+ 1 more

Slovenčinaentuziazmus

Српскиaltentuzijazamoduševljenjepoletšpiritzanosентузијазамзаносодушевљењеполет+ 7 more

Svenskaentusiasmsvärmiskhet

తెలుగుఉత్సాహం

Tagalogentusyasmo

Türkçeçalkantıcoşkuhararethayranlıkheveskeyifşevk+ 4 more

ئۇيغۇرچەئىشتىياق

Українськаентузіа́змзавзяттязапа́лзапаленнязахватпафос+ 3 more

Tiếng Việthứng

Examples

“Try⟳ to curb your enthusiasm.”

“They have⟳ a great enthusiasm for country music.”

“By the end⟳ of this period pupils are expected to be reading simple books independently and with enthusiasm.”

“My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress⟳ and interest⟳ of collectors, to meet⟳ old friends, and hopefully to make⟳ new friends.”

“Other Adamsian enthusiasms included: fast cars; restaurants; Bach, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits; […]”

“The intoxication that they sought was that of ‘enthusiasm’, of union with the god.”

CEFR level