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How to pronounce enthusiasm in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ebullience, exuberance
Type of life, spirit, sprightliness, liveliness
Has types rabidity, rabidness, madness, lyricism
Type Words
Type of feeling
Has types relish, avidness, avidity, eagerness, exuberance, gusto, zest, zestfulness, technophilia, keenness
Derivation enthusiastic
Type Words
Type of interest, involvement
Has types anglomania, balletomania
Derivation enthusiastic


enthusiasm for his program is growing.

Examples of enthusiasm

enthusiasm
His accuracy is a question, but his enthusiasm is apparent in this NFL audition.
From the thenewstribune.com
The son, now 52, can't muster enthusiasm for present-day Reagan worship, either.
From the washingtonpost.com
They still fall behind, only now they lack the energy or enthusiasm to catch up.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Unfortunately, no one has yet shown the same enthusiasm for policing the Street.
From the newsweek.com
In one sign of tempered economic enthusiasm, safe-haven Treasury debt also rose.
From the online.wsj.com
United Russia delegates approved both proposals unanimously and with enthusiasm.
From the forbes.com
It certainly stoked the enthusiasm of their hundreds of supporters in Eden Park.
From the guardian.co.uk
The equally iconic Depardieu brings big-hearted enthusiasm to the smitten Babin.
From the stltoday.com
Just as Somerset needed Trego's enthusiasm on Saturday on an unresponsive pitch.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • A feeling of excitement
  • Exuberance: overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
  • A lively interest; "enthusiasm for his program is growing"
  • (enthusiastically) with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner; "they discussed the question enthusiastically"
  • Enthusiasm originally meant or possession by a divine afflatus or by the presence of a god. Johnson's Dictionary, the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, defines enthusiasm as "a vain belief of private revelation; a vain confidence of divine favour or communication. ...
  • Passions, whose title (Russian: u0423u0432u043Bu0435u0447u0435u043Du044Cu044F) can also be translated "Enthusiasms," is a film of 1994 by Russian-Ukrainian director Kira Muratova, starring Renata Litvinova and Svetlana Kolenda.
  • Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy; Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness
  • (enthusiastic) With zealous fervor; excited, motivated
  • (enthusiastically) eagerly; in a way that shows strong approval