enthuse

English

Etymology

First attested from 1827. Back-formation from enthusiasm, from Ancient Greek ἔνθεος (entheos, “possessed by a god”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theos, “god”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɛnθjuːz/, /ɪnθjuːz/, X-SAMPA: /EnTju:z/, /InTju:z/
• (US) IPA: /ɛnθjuːz/, /ɪnθjuːz/, X-SAMPA: /EnTju:z/, /InTju:z/
• Rhymes: -uːz

Verb

enthuse (third-person singular simple present enthuses, present participle enthusing, simple past and past participle enthused)

1. (intransitive) to show enthusiasm

   a splendid performance, and I was enthusing over it — Julian Huxley

2. (proscribed) to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic

   The novelty of the film enthused the audience.

Related terms

• enthusiasm
• enthusiast
• enthusiastic

Translations

to feel enthusiasm

• Bulgarian: ентусиазирам се (bg) (entusiaziram se)
• German: begeistern (de)

• Hungarian: lelkesedik (hu)

to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm

• Bulgarian: ентусиазирам (bg) (entusiaziram)
• Czech: nadchnout (cs)
• Dutch: enthousiasmeren (nl)
• French: enthousiasmer (fr)
• German: begeistern (de)

• Hungarian: lelkesít (hu)
• Italian: entusiasmare (it)
• Portuguese: entusiasmar (pt)
• Spanish: entusiasmar (es)