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All gung-ho synonyms

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adj gung-ho

  • stormy — affected, characterized by, or subject to storms; tempestuous: a stormy sea.
  • effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
  • nutty — abounding in or producing nuts.
  • hot — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
  • lively — eventful, stirring, or exciting: The opposition gave us a lively time.
  • heated — made hot or hotter; warmed.
  • intense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
  • avid — You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.
  • fanatical — motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
  • impassioned — filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent.
  • dedicated — You use dedicated to describe someone who enjoys a particular activity very much and spends a lot of time doing it.
  • rabid — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
  • spirited — pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
  • keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
  • glowing — incandescent.
  • animated — Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
  • amorous — If you describe someone's feelings or actions as amorous, you mean that they involve sexual desire.
  • angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
  • ardent — Ardent is used to describe someone who has extremely strong feelings about something or someone.
  • earnest — serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous: an earnest worker.
  • fervent — having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
  • fervid — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
  • irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
  • passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • vehement — zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm.
  • vigorous — full of or characterized by vigor: a vigorous effort.
  • violent — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
  • zealous — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
  • afire — If something is afire or is set afire, it is on fire or looks as if it is on fire.
  • antsy — If someone is antsy, they are nervous or impatient.
  • burning — You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
  • devoted — Someone who is devoted to a person loves that person very much.
  • eager — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
  • fanatic — a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
  • fired — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • frenetic — frantic; frenzied.
  • itchy — having or causing an itching sensation.
  • obsessed — having an obsession (usually followed by with or by): He is obsessed with eliminating guilt.
  • possessed — spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power (often followed by by, of, or with): The army fought as if possessed. The village believed her to be possessed of the devil.
  • pushy — obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
  • ripe — Réseaux IP Européens
  • fireballSir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
  • self-starting — starter (def 3).
  • wild-eyed — having an angry, insane, or distressed expression in the eyes.
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