Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🎉 To excite 🗣️ To speak excitedly
to enthuse

to enthuse

4 6.5
To talk about something in an excited way
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈθuz/
translation icon : entusiasmarse
  • Brian enthused, "When you live a healthy lifestyle, your confidence and self-esteem are higher, and you'll just be happier."

And I, I'm so I'm so enthused to comment.

Examples

  • "We can be born anew," she enthused, "children of the new world!"

    Blog text (29)

  • She always enthuses about her new job, sharing exciting details with anyone who asks.

  • "You really ought to go there," enthused the girl.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Wow!" Susan enthused, picking up one after another and finding the note on each.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • I haven't seen you so enthused since we got back from Africa.

    The Wide West (2025)

  • "I do not know when I have read a book which I felt profited me as much," he enthused.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Not a team of champions, but a champion team," Jennifer enthused.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • All along the way, he built coalitions by getting people enthused about what he wanted to do; he calls it "setting the agenda."

    Academic text (2007)

  • My friend Tom and I enthused over Fanny's dancing while the stagehands took up the special flooring.

    Blog text (34)

  • "Clearly the ethanol industry is rising to the challenge," enthuses Bob Dinneen, RFA president.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

to rave
vsto enthuse
68 4.6

Speak about something in a very excited, positive way

is less extreme meaning excited speech without wild intensity
to gush
vsto enthuse
26 5.6

To praise a person or thing too much, often with strong feeling

is similar but denotes ordinary excited speech rather than excess
to gush about
vsto enthuse
4 6.1

Talk in a very excited way to praise someone or something

is similar but uses excitement without being excessive
to enthuse about
vsto enthuse
1 5.6

To talk in an excited way about something you like

is more general meaning to express excitement without needing approval
to bubble over with excitement
vsto enthuse
3.5

Show so much excitement that you cannot hide it

focuses on speaking excitedly rather than just showing excitement

Phrasal Verbs

to enthuse about
1 5.6

To talk in an excited way about something you like

How Enthusiastic

to rave
68 4.6
to enthuse
4 6.5
to praise
331 1.0
to mention
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

enthuse infinitive
enthused past
enthused past participle
enthusing present participle
enthuses third person singular

Etymology

Enthuse comes from enthusiasm, from Greek en- ('in') and theos ('god'), a phrase that once meant to be 'filled' by a god or strong spirit. So to enthuse when you speak is to show real excitement and strong feeling in your words.