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enthused

enthused adjective: enthusiastic. Also the past participle of enthuse.

Adjective

enthused (comparative more enthused, superlative most enthused)

  1. Enthusiastic.
    • She doesn't seem very enthused about her aunt's birthday gift.
    • One audience member in particular seemed especially enthused.2015 January 14, Maria Konnikova, “Trying to Cure Depression, but Inspiring Torture”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May...

Also used as

enthused is also the past participle of enthuse.

Synonyms of enthused

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All synonyms and antonyms of enthused

Forms of enthused

comparativemore enthused
superlativemost enthused

Words formed from enthused

Questions about enthused

What does enthused mean?
Enthused means enthusiastic.
What part of speech is enthused?
Enthused is an adjective.

Words near enthused in the dictionary

  1. enthronize
  2. enthronized
  3. enthronizes
  4. enthronizing
  5. enthuse
  6. enthused
  7. enthusement
  8. enthuser
  9. enthusers
  10. enthuses
  11. enthusiasm

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