enthused

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Adjective

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enthused (comparative more enthused, superlative most enthused)

  1. Enthusiastic.
    She doesn't seem very enthused about her aunt's birthday gift.
    • 2015 January 14, Maria Konnikova, “Trying to Cure Depression, but Inspiring Torture​”, in The New Yorker[1], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-26:
      One audience member in particular seemed especially enthused.
    • 2020 September 24, Shannon Palus, “Millennials Aren't As Helpless As We Appear to Be”, in Slate[2], archived from the original on 2023-08-29:
      There are facts in this book that make me feel enthused about voting, to the extent that I have any remaining capacity to be more enthused about voting. For example: "In 1950, CEOs made about 20 times more than the regular employee, by 2013, they made more than 204 times more."

Verb

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enthused

  1. past participle of enthuse

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