- agitation
- delirium
- excitement
- frenzy
- madness
- nervousness
- panic
- feverishness
- freak out
- hysterics
- mirth
- unreason
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How to use hysteria in a sentence
The Tarantism so common in Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century is another example of epidemic hysteria.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEY
There are numerous theories formulated to explain hysteria; some are ingenious, especially that of Janet, but none is convincing.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEY
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO HYSTERIA
- ardor
- ecstasy
- enthusiasm
- fervor
- fever
- frenzy
- furor
- fury
- hallucination
- hysteria
- mania
- passion
- rage
- raving
- transport
- zeal
- action
- activity
- ado
- adventure
- agitation
- animation
- bother
- buzz
- commotion
- confusion
- discomposure
- disturbance
- dither
- drama
- elation
- emotion
- excitation
- feeling
- ferment
- fever
- flurry
- frenzy
- furor
- fuss
- heat
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurry
- hysteria
- impulse
- instigation
- intoxication
- kicks
- melodrama
- motivation
- motive
- movement
- passion
- perturbation
- provocation
- rage
- stimulation
- stimulus
- stir
- thrill
- titillation
- to-do
- trepidation
- tumult
- turmoil
- urge
- warmth
- wildness
- agitation
- breakdown
- crack-up
- fear
- hysteria
- nervous breakdown
- nervous prostration
- shock
- terror
- aberration
- agitation
- blow
- blow a fuse
- blow one's cork
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- bout
- burst
- conniption
- convulsion
- craze
- delirium
- derangement
- distemper
- distraction
- dithers
- excitement
- ferment
- fever
- fit
- flap
- flip one's lid
- free-for-all
- furor
- fury
- fuss
- hell broke loose
- hysteria
- insanity
- lather
- lunacy
- madness
- mania
- outburst
- paroxysm
- passion
- rage
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumble
- rumpus
- seizure
- spasm
- stew
- stir
- to-do
- transport
- turmoil
- wingding
- ado
- agitation
- big scene
- big stink
- bustle
- commotion
- craze
- enthusiasm
- fad
- ferment
- flap
- free-for-all
- frenzy
- fury
- fuss
- hell broke loose
- hullabaloo
- hysteria
- lunacy
- madness
- mania
- outburst
- outcry
- rage
- row
- ruckus
- stir
- to-do
- tumult
- uproar
- whirl
- action
- activity
- brouhaha
- bustle
- buzz
- commotion
- drama
- elation
- emotion
- excitation
- feeling
- fever
- fireworks
- flurry
- frenzy
- furor
- fuss
- heat
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hysteria
- passion
- racket
- rage
- ruckus
- rumpus
- stir
- thrill
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- ardor
- devotion
- eagerness
- emotion
- energy
- feeling
- fervor
- frenzy
- fury
- intensity
- interest
- joy
- passion
- spirit
- warmth
- zeal
- activity
- avidity
- conviction
- craze
- dash
- earnestness
- ecstasy
- exhilaration
- fad
- fanaticism
- fever
- fieriness
- fire
- flame
- flare
- gaiety
- glow
- go
- heat
- hilarity
- hobby
- impetuosity
- joyfulness
- keenness
- life
- mania
- mirth
- nerve
- oomph
- orgasm
- pep
- rapture
- relish
- snap
- transport
- vehemence
- verve
- vim
- vivacity
- zest
- ardency
- red heat
- zealousness
- élan
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is another word for enthusiasm?
Enthusiasm is lively interest or eagerness.
Similar words are keenness and avidity, but their adjective forms are much more common: keen and avid (which are both synonyms for the adjective enthusiastic).
To show enthusiasm about something is often to show excitement about it.
In the context of enthusiasm for a topic, interest, or endeavor, even stronger words are passion and zeal. A more formal word is ardor.
Someone who is considered to have too much enthusiasm for something might be described as overenthusiastic or overzealous. Such a person’s enthusiasm might be called obsessed. In a more colloquial sense, you might be a bit much.
What is the opposite (antonym) of enthusiasm?
How do you use enthusiasm in a sentence?
antonyms for enthusiasm
- apathy
- calm
- calmness
- coolness
- disinterest
- inactivity
- indifference
- laziness
- lethargy
- peace
- depression
- dislike
- dullness
- frigidity
- hate
- hatred
- lifelessness
- sadness
- unhappiness
- aloofness
- coldness
- doubt
- pessimism
- weariness
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How to use enthusiasm in a sentence
Hadiqa Bashir, on an attempted marriage when she was 11When we chat, Bashir’s voice is filled with a nonchalant and childish enthusiasm, and yet there is something omniscient about the way she speaks.
THE TEENAGER BREAKING UP CHILD MARRIAGES, DOOR TO DOORPALLABI MUNSISEPTEMBER 2, 2020OZY
In Manila particularly, amidst the pealing of bells and strains of music, unfeigned enthusiasm and joy were everywhere evident.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMAN
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO ENTHUSIASM
- alertness
- avidity
- briskness
- cheerfulness
- dispatch
- eagerness
- enthusiasm
- expedition
- fervor
- gaiety
- hilarity
- joyousness
- promptitude
- quickness
- readiness
- speed
- sprightliness
- willingness
- zeal
- alertness
- avidity
- briskness
- cheerfulness
- dispatch
- eagerness
- enthusiasm
- expedition
- fervor
- gaiety
- hilarity
- joyousness
- promptitude
- quickness
- readiness
- speed
- sprightliness
- willingness
- zeal
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- avidity
- craving
- desire
- drive
- eagerness
- earnestness
- emulation
- energy
- enterprise
- enthusiasm
- fire in belly
- get up and go
- hankering
- hope
- hunger
- initiative
- itch
- keenness
- longing
- love
- lust
- moxie
- passion
- pretension
- push
- right stuff
- spirit
- striving
- thirst
- vigor
- yearning
- zeal
- appetites
- ardors
- aspirations
- avidities
- cravings
- desires
- drives
- eagerness
- earnestness
- emulations
- energies
- enterprises
- enthusiasms
- fire in bellies
- get up and gos
- hankerings
- hopes
- hunger
- initiatives
- itches
- keenness
- longings
- loves
- lust
- moxies
- passions
- pretensions
- pushes
- right stuffs
- spirits
- strivings
- thirsts
- vigor
- yearnings
- zeal
- action
- ardor
- bounce
- brio
- briskness
- buoyancy
- dash
- dynamism
- ebullience
- elation
- energy
- enthusiasm
- esprit
- excitement
- exhilaration
- fervor
- gaiety
- high spirits
- life
- oomph
- passion
- pep
- sparkle
- spirit
- sprightliness
- verve
- vibrancy
- vigor
- vim
- vitality
- vivacity
- zeal
- zest
- zing
- zip
- élan
- avarice
- cupidity
- enthusiasm
- fervor
- greediness
- intense desire
- longing
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