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enthuse
[en-thooz] 
| Main Entry: |
drool
[drool]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire, lust after |
| Synonyms: | dote on, enthuse, fondle, gush, lick chops, make much of, pet, rave, rhapsodize, rhapsody, slobber over, spoil, want |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, arouse |
| Synonyms: | animate, electrify, enliven, enthuse, exalt, galvanize, heighten, impassion, incite, inflame, inform, inspire, inspirit, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, provoke, quicken, rouse, stir, thrill |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
| Main Entry: | gush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak with overwhelming enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | babble*, blather, carry on about, chatter, effervesce, effuse, enthuse, fall all over, go on about, jabber, make a to-do over, overstate, prate, prattle, rave |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | affect, arouse, awe, be conspicuous, blow away, buffalo, bulldoze, carry, electrify, enforce, enthuse, excite, faze, galvanize, get*, grab, grandstand, inspire, kill*, knock out, make a hit, make an impression, make splash, move, overawe, pique, provoke, push around, register, score, show off, slay, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, thrill, touch* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | provoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, evoke; stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, begin, bestir, bring about, bring down, bring on, bring to one's feet, build up, call forth, cause, challenge, draw forth, electrify, elicit, enthuse, excite, fire, fire up, galvanize, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, pique, precipitate, prime, produce, promote, prompt, quicken, rally, rouse, roust, stir, suscitate, thrill, titillate, titivate, waken, whet |
| Notes: | provoke means to stir up or arouse - or to incite to anger or resentment; evoke means to call forth or call to mind emotions, feelings, and responses |
| Antonyms: | end, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | rave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | be delighted, be excited, be mad about, be wild about, bubble*, carry on about, cry up, effervesce, enthuse, fall all over, go on about, gush, make a to-do, praise, rhapsodize |
| Antonyms: | denounce, discourage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | send |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please |
| Synonyms: | charm, delight, electrify, enrapture, enthrall, enthuse, excite, intoxicate, move, ravish, stir, thrill, titillate, turn on |
| Antonyms: | displease |
| Main Entry: | thrill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, blow away, delight, electrify, enchant, enthuse, fire up, flush, flutter, galvanize, glow, go over big, grab*, inspire, juice*, key up, knock one's socks off, move, palpitate, quicken, quiver, race one's motor, rally, rouse, score, send, stir, stir up, tickle*, tingle*, titillate, tremble, turn on, wow* |
| Antonyms: | bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impassion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fire |
| Synonyms: | animate, electrify, enkindle, enliven, enthuse, exalt, galvanize, heighten, incite, inflame, inform, inspire, inspirit, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, kindle, provoke, quicken, rouse, stir, thrill |
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