enthusiastic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- antienthusiastic adjective
- enthusiastically adverb
- hyperenthusiastic adjective
- nonenthusiastic adjective
- overenthusiastic adjective
- pseudoenthusiastic adjective
- quasi-enthusiastic adjective
- unenthusiastic adjective
Etymology
Origin of enthusiastic
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Greek enthousiastikós; enthusiast ( def. ), -ic ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Crespi 82, Corona del Mar 70: The Celts faced a large, enthusiastic road crowd and won their first Open Division game.
From Los Angeles Times
I was expecting an enthusiastic response, not… whatever this is.
From Literature
A few hours later, the prime minister received an enthusiastic response when he addressed a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
From BBC
The job of the partner who isn’t currently involved is to be enthusiastic about the binder, no matter how scary it is.
From MarketWatch
Instead, they saw a “hopeful and enthusiastic working-class,” enjoying freedom from the “tyranny and incompetence of their former rulers” and “setting an example of industry and conduct” for all to emulate.
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