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  • 71enchanted — Synonyms and related words: agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, arrested, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, becharmed, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, bursting with happiness, captivated, carried away, castle… …

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  • 72entranced — Synonyms and related words: agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, bursting with happiness, captivated, carried away, castle building, charmed,… …

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  • 73keen — Synonyms and related words: Attic, OK, Siberian, ablaze, absorbing, ace high, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, active, acute, adroit, afire, aggressive, agile, agog, alacritous, alert, algid, alive …

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  • 74rapt — Synonyms and related words: absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, arrested, assiduous, beatific, bemused, bewitched, blissful, buried in thought, bursting with happiness, captivated, carried away, castle building, caught, charmed, constant …

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  • 75transported — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, amok, bellowing, bemused, berserk, bursting with happiness, carried away, castle building, daydreaming, daydreamy, delirious, demoniac, distracted, dreaming,… …

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  • 76bursary — bur|sa|ry [ bɜrsəri ] noun count MAINLY BRITISH an amount of money given to someone to pay for their studies at a school or college burst2 burst 2 [ bɜrst ] noun count 1. ) an act of bursting: a leak caused by a burst in a water pipe 2. ) burst… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 77burst out phrasal — verb 1 burst out laughing/crying etc to suddenly start to laugh, cry etc: They all burst out laughing at the expression on her face. 2 (T) to suddenly say something forcefully: I don t believe it! she burst out angrily. see also: outburst (1) 2… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 78buster —    This word is thought to be a corruption of ‘burster’, and was applied in the nineteenth century to a big person, especially a child, who was bursting the seams of his clothes. ‘Buster’ might still be vaguely complimentary when addressed to a… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address