1. express eager enjoyment, interest, or approval regarding something: "they both enthused over my new look"Similarravebe enthusiasticgushwax lyricalbubble overeffervescebe effusiverhapsodizego into rapturespraise to the skiesheap praise onmake much ofthrow bouquets ateulogizeextolacclaiminformal:go wild/mad/crazyget all worked upgo over the topbig someone/something upballyhoodated:cry someone/something uprare:laudpanegyrize