enthuseverb
uk/ɪnˈθjuːz/us/ɪnˈθjuːz/[ I ] to express excitement about something or great interest in it:
He was enthusing over a wonderful restaurant he'd been to.
[ + speech ] "She's the best leader that this country has ever known!" he enthused.
[ T ] to get other people to share your excitement and interest in a particular subject:
He was passionately interested in classical music but failed to enthuse his children (with it).
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- undertone
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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