agog

Examples

• All

• There I became instantly agog at the mass of ships that lay before us, masts and spars thick as the bristles on a brush.

  Fiction book (1997)

• All London is agog.

  Sextette (1978)

• People here are agog at his wonders.

  The Mercy (2018)

• The people he spoke to were agog for gossip and innuendo.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Alas, it was at this point, agog with shared excitement, that I made a prize fool of myself.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Man had conquered the air, and people everywhere were all agog about... those magnificent men in their flying machines.

  Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

• It's a small town, and they were all agog with curiosity about the crazy couple who'd bought the old Musser place.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Mildred was all agog, a kid getting a birthday present, hovering over Mark as he cut the wires and pried up the planks.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The children were agog with excitement as they waited for the fireworks to start.

• Everyone in the audience was agog to hear the surprising news revealed by the speaker.

Synonyms

E

excited

vsagog

∞ 1.0

Feeling very happy and eager about something

is more narrowly about eager anticipation and curiosity

A

aflutter

vsagog

3 7.9

Feeling excited and a little nervous

is less physical and more strongly anticipatory or curious

A

atwitter

vsagog

• Literature

1 8.9

Feeling excited and nervous while waiting for something

is calmer and more focused on eager curiosity and anticipation

A

anticipant

vsagog

8.4

Feeling eager while waiting for something

is more about excitement plus curiosity rather than only expectation

Antonyms

A

apathetic

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

How Eager

agog

3 7.1

eager

447 1.0

curious

675 1.3

interested

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology