enthusiasm (noun)
41keynote address — noun a speech setting forth the keynote • Syn: ↑keynote speech • Hypernyms: ↑oratory • Part Meronyms: ↑keynote * * * noun or keynote speech …
42mass meeting — noun a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm • Syn: ↑rally • Hypernyms: ↑gathering, ↑assemblage • Hyponyms: ↑pep rally, ↑revival, ↑revival meeting …
43neophilia — noun Date: 1932 love of or enthusiasm for what is new or novel • neophiliac noun …
44nympholepsy — noun Etymology: nympholept, from Greek nympholēptos frenzied, literally, caught by nymphs, from nymphē + lambanein to seize more at latch Date: 1775 1. a demonic enthusiasm held by the ancients to seize one bewitched by a nymph 2. a frenzy of… …
45bibliomania — noun passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books. Derivatives bibliomaniac noun & adjective …
46craze — noun a widespread but short lived enthusiasm for something. verb 1》 [usu. as adjective crazed] make or become wildly insane: a crazed killer. 2》 produce a network of fine cracks on (a surface). Derivatives crazing noun Origin ME (in the sense… …
47fatigue — noun 1》 extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness. ↘[with modifier] a lessening in one s response to or enthusiasm for something, caused by overexposure: election fatigue. 2》 weakness in metal or other materials… …
48honeymoon — noun 1》 a holiday taken by a newly married couple. 2》 an initial period of enthusiasm or goodwill. verb spend a honeymoon. Derivatives honeymooner noun Origin C16: from honey + moon (orig. referring to affection waning like the moon, later… …
49rage — noun 1》 violent uncontrollable anger. ↘[in combination] violent anger associated with conflict arising from a particular situation: air rage. ↘the violent action of a natural agency. 2》 a vehement desire or passion. ↘literary… …
50zest — noun 1》 great enthusiasm and energy. ↘excitement or piquancy. 2》 the outer coloured part of the peel of citrus fruit, used as flavouring. Derivatives zestful adjective zestfully adverb zestfulness noun zesty adjective Origin C15: from Fr …
