hot-bloodedness

noun

Definition of hot-bloodednessnext
as in obsession

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  1. obsession
  2. zeal
  3. fever
  4. infatuation
  5. fanaticism
  6. excitement
  7. zest
  8. mania
Noun
  • Now, watch Brooke Shields style her classic bombshell hair: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Their testimony revealed his father was aware of his obsession with school shooters, and that the teenager had even discussed the Parkland shooting with his grandmother around a week before the shooting.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of obsession
Noun
  • Likely because of its life-affirming message, joyous dance sequences and old-fashioned musical zeal — all of which show up in this latest production starring Cheyenne Jackson as the nightclub owner Georges, Kevin Cahoon as the drag star Albin, and Ryan J. Haddad as their son, Jean-Michel.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Over the past four years, antitrust enforcement has become unmoored from its economic foundations, driven instead by ideological zeal and political opportunism.
    Mark Jamison, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of zeal
Noun
  • Sometimes the predatory instinct will get the better or the fever.
    Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Walking pneumonia shares symptoms with common upper respiratory infections, such as fever, runny nose, and cough, which aren’t specific to any particular virus or bacteria.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of fever
Noun
  • As Anette’s suspicions of Ben’s infatuation with Alicia intensify, their secrets and lies threaten to destroy them all.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
  • All the while, Oh and Comer’s slow dance of antagonism crossed with infatuation is some of the most thrilling acting in recent television memory.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of infatuation
Noun
  • This new conflict marks the end of a five-decade golden age for Israel, during which an oasis of liberty enjoyed strategic supremacy against the forces of tyranny and fanaticism that surround it.
    Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
  • But Matthew Gabriel, 25, who lives in Philly's Mt. Airy neighborhood, took his football fanaticism to a whole 'nother level.
    Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of fanaticism
Noun
  • Fans immediately flooded the comments with excitement.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
  • While a race initially came to be in 1982 within the confines of a parking lot at Caesars Palace, its revival in 2023 brought a resurgence of interest and excitement to the Formula 1 calendar.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of excitement
Noun
  • Don't skip the cream cheese frosting, which is flavored with orange zest and vanilla.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Pies and cakes are 9 inches and serve six to eight (apple, pumpkin, pecan, or French silk pie, or an almond cake with orange zest and fresh cranberries).
    Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of zest
Noun
  • My friends in Los Angeles were texting me — the token New York Yankees fan for most of them — as their elation grew, error after Yankees error, mental blunder after mental blunder, leading to greater and greater Dodgers mania.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In bipolar 1, moods range from extreme elevation (mania) to depression.
    Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of mania
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