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Enthusiasm

n. [ardent and lively interest or eagerness]

enthusiasm

n. a feeling of excitement

enthusiasm

n. a lively interest; "enthusiasm for his program is growing"

exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience

n. overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

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ardor, ardour, elan, zeal

n. a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness

n. feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"

devotion, devotedness

n. feelings of ardent love; "their devotion to each other was beautiful"

ardor, ardour

n. intense feeling of love

anticipation, expectancy

n. an expectation

stir

n. emotional agitation and excitement

optimism

n. a general disposition to expect the best in all things

cheerfulness, blitheness

n. a feeling of spontaneous good spirits; "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"

hopefulness

n. the feeling you have when you have hope

lecherousness, lust, lustfulness

n. a strong sexual desire

exhilaration, excitement

n. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"

animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification

n. quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness

n. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

resonance

n. the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities

vivacity

n. characterized by high spirits and animation

life force, vital force, vitality, elan vital

n. (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

ambition, ambitiousness

n. a strong drive for success

drive

n. a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

power, force

n. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"

enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead

n. readiness to embark on bold new ventures

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apathy

n. an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

indifference

n. unbiased impartial unconcern

emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality

n. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

lethargy, lassitude, sluggishness

n. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

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