enthusing
present participle ofenthuse
enthuse
verb
uk/ɪnˈθjuːz/us/ɪnˈθjuːz/[I]
toexpressexcitementabout something orgreatinterestin it:
He was enthusing over awonderfulrestauranthe'd been to.
[+ speech]"She's thebestleaderthat thiscountryhaseverknown!" he enthused.
[T]
to get otherpeopletoshareyourexcitementandinterestin aparticularsubject:
He waspassionatelyinterestedinclassicalmusicbutfailedto enthuse hischildren(withit).
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trash
- trill
- word salad
- yak
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Making people excited and interested
Inspiring feelings in others
Examplesofenthusing
enthusing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Everyone agreed that it is impossible to enthuse a student who is unenthusiastic, though distinctions were drawn here betweenenthusingand motivating.
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Any of these and similar schemes using andenthusingthe young are much better than any scheme that gives no hope.
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Compelling grudging participation is surely less desirable than engaging andenthusingcitizens.
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That isenthusingall of them with a new vigour and commitment.
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In the enemy-afflicted county from which he comes he is a real light, enlightening andenthusingthe whole of the agricultural community of his county.
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They are talking to the business community,enthusinglocal people and are coming up with practical, radical solutions.
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They are notenthusingindustry at all; they are frightening industry.
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He spoke early in his remarks aboutenthusingindustry.
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It is important for us to engage employers in inspiring andenthusingyoung people about science.
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The personal gateway interviews should be creative, positive,enthusing, inspiring and problem-solving.
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I regard high tech and space industries and their spin-offs as the motor forenthusingyoung people.
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His contribution was enormous because he was also a part of the process ofenthusingother young people in the area about what the local community can do for them.
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Does he agree that improving participation in the democratic process is a matter not merely of making voting easier but of engaging people andenthusingthem from an early age?
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Through her success with her own son she has devoted her life toenthusingothers with the urgent need to retrieve children from the maze of lack of communications.
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Through this huge body of work, he was able to raise the spirits of his audiences, in turn exciting, inspiring, saddening andenthusingthem...
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