| apathetic | | |
| adj. | 1. apathetic | showing little or no emotion or animation.; "a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older" |
| ~ spiritless | lacking ardor or vigor or energy.; "a spiritless reply to criticism" |
| adj. | 2. apathetic, indifferent | marked by a lack of interest.; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent" |
| ~ uninterested | not having or showing interest.; "an uninterested spectator" |
| ebullience | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. ebullience, enthusiasm, exuberance | overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval. |
| ~ sprightliness, liveliness, spirit, life | animation and energy in action or expression.; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" |
| ~ lyricism | unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm. |
| ~ rabidity, rabidness, madness | unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm.; "poetry is a sort of divine madness" |
| enthusiasm | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. enthusiasm | a feeling of excitement. |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ gusto, relish, zest, zestfulness | vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment. |
| ~ avidity, avidness, eagerness, keenness | a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. |
| ~ exuberance | joyful enthusiasm. |
| ~ technophilia | enthusiasm for new technology. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. enthusiasm | a lively interest.; "enthusiasm for his program is growing" |
| ~ anglomania | an excessive enthusiasm for all things English. |
| ~ balletomania | extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets. |
| ~ interest, involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something.; "an interest in music" |
| inspiration | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. inspiration | arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity. |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ germ, source, seed | anything that provides inspiration for later work. |
| ~ mother | a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation.; "necessity is the mother of invention" |
| ~ afflatus | a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration.; "divine afflatus" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. brainchild, inspiration | a product of your creative thinking and work.; "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"; "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality" |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. inspiration | a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem. |
| ~ intuition | instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes). |
| ~ problem solving | the thought processes involved in solving a problem. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. divine guidance, inspiration | (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings.; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance" |
| ~ cognitive factor | something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result. |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
| n. (act) | 5. inspiration, stirring | arousing to a particular emotion or action. |
| ~ arousal, rousing | the act of arousing.; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" |
| n. (act) | 6. aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. |
| ~ breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation. |
| ~ breath | the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing.; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath" |
| ~ gasp, pant | a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.; "she gave a gasp and fainted" |
| ~ drag, pull, puff | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).; "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
| morale | | |
| n. (state) | 1. morale | a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose. |
| ~ mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state | (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic.; "a manic state" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. esprit de corps, morale, team spirit | the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed. |
| ~ disposition, temperament | your usual mood.; "he has a happy disposition" |
| spunk | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. kindling, punk, spunk, tinder, touchwood | material for starting a fire. |
| ~ igniter, ignitor, lighter | a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. heart, mettle, nerve, spunk | the courage to carry on.; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" |
| ~ braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness | a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear. |
| zeal | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. ardor, ardour, elan, zeal | a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).; "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal" |
| ~ avidity, avidness, eagerness, keenness | a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. zeal | excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end.; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation" |
| ~ fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, ardor, ardour, fire | feelings of great warmth and intensity.; "he spoke with great ardor" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. eagerness, forwardness, readiness, zeal | prompt willingness.; "readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle" |
| ~ willingness | cheerful compliance.; "he expressed his willingness to help" |
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