Word family noun enthusiasm enthusiast adjective enthusiastic ≠ unenthusiastic verb enthuse adverb enthusiastically ≠ unenthusiastically
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishenthuseen‧thuse /ɪnˈθjuːz $ ɪnˈθuːz/ verb 1 [intransitive]ENTHUSIASTIC to talk about something in a very interested or excited wayenthuse about/over Rick was there, enthusing about life in Australia.2 [transitive]INTERESTED to make someone interested in something or excited by itbe enthused by/with something The owners were certainly enthused by the offer.Grammar Enthuse is usually passive in this meaning.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
enthuse• "You should have seen the match. It was so exciting, " Gerry enthused.• A good retailer will enthuse about his stock and tempt you to try new foods.• For a bishop to enthuse about such an initiative is, sadly, rare.• I want my colleagues to continue to enthuse about the job and teach effectively.• Neither of them was enthused about this prospect.• He chatted on about the landscape, enthusing at the sights that Ruth had already seen.• He was also nonplussed that so few real horticulturists were enthused over his resurrection idea for McDowell Mountain Park.• She was enthusing over my English essay, which I didn't think was very good.• "It's an opportunity learn from the best, " enthused Rossi.• Does your spouse still stimulate and enthuse you?enthuse about/over• He was also nonplussed that so few real horticulturists were enthused over his resurrection idea for McDowell Mountain Park.• A good retailer will enthuse about his stock and tempt you to try new foods.• Bill Cosby positively enthuses about it.• The best Rather could do was enthuse about shadowy figures in crowds who might or might not be somebody guilty of something.• For a bishop to enthuse about such an initiative is, sadly, rare.• I want my colleagues to continue to enthuse about the job and teach effectively.• Neither of them was enthused about this prospect.be enthused by/with something• The Paneth and Peters work was his speciality and he was enthused by the fact that some helium had apparently been found.• Last week he was enthused by the theory that beauty is a matter of proportion: 1 to 1.618.Origin enthuse (1800-1900) enthusiasm 