enthused en · ADJ
Meanings
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Enthusiastic.
One audience member in particular seemed especially enthused.
2015 January 14, Maria Konnikova, “Trying to Cure Depression, but Inspiring Torture”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2023:There are facts in this book that make me feel enthused about voting, to the extent that I have any remaining capacity to be more enthused about voting. For example: "In 1950, CEOs made about 20 times more than the regular employee, by 2013, they made more than 204 times more."
2020 September 24, Shannon Palus, “Millennials Aren't As Helpless As We Appear to Be”, in Slate, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2023:She doesn't seem very enthused about her aunt's birthday gift.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most enthused | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more enthused | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
noncommital · unenthused · unenthusiastic · lukewarm · uninterested
Coordinates
Deriveds
unenthused · underenthused · superenthused
Synonyms
psyched · excited · pumped up · psyched up · amped · pumped · amped up