enthusiasm :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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

n. a feeling of excitement

n. overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

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"

fire, ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency

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. pleasurable expectation

stir, excitement

n. emotional agitation and excitement

optimism

n. the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

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

lust, itch, lecherousness, lustfulness

n. a strong sexual desire

excitement, exhilaration

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

animation, spiritedness

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

keenness, eagerness, avidity, avidness

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

plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy

n. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant

vivacity

n. characterized by high spirits and animation

vitality, verve

n. an energetic style

ambition, ambitiousness

n. a strong drive for success

drive

n. the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"

force, power

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"

initiative, enterprise, enterprisingness, go-ahead

n. readiness to embark on bold new ventures

apathy

n. an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

apathy, indifference

n. unbiased impartial unconcern

unemotionality, emotionlessness, stolidity, impassivity, indifference, phlegm

n. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

sluggishness, lassitude, lethargy

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

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