agog adj : highly excited

English

Etymology

Middle English. From Old French, en gogues, in a merry mood. See also the Italian agogare, to desire eagerly.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Adverb

1. In a state of high anticipation or interest.
2. Highly excited. Anxious, eager, impatient.

Synonyms

• all-a-gog

advertent, agape, aghast, alacritous, alert, all agog, all ears, all eyes, amazed, animated, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, anxious, aquiver, ardent, aroused, assiduous, astonished, astounded, at gaze, athirst, atingle, attentive, atwitter, avid, awaiting, aware, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, burning with curiosity, bursting, bursting to, captivated, careful, carried away, certain, concentrated, confident, confounded, conscious, consumed with curiosity, curious, desirous, diligent, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, eager, earnest, ebullient, effervescent, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, enthusiastic, entranced, excited, exhilarated, expectant, expecting, fascinated, finical, finicking, finicky, fired, flabbergasted, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, forward, full of life, galvanized, gaping, gauping, gazing, ghoulish, gossipy, heedful, high, hopeful, hopped up, hypnotized, impassioned, impatient, in anticipation, in awe, in awe of, in expectation, inflamed, inquiring, inquisitive, intense, intent, intentive, interested, itchy, keen, keyed up, lathered up, lively, looking for, looking forward to, lost in wonder, manic, marveling, mesmerized, meticulous, mindful, morbid, morbidly curious, moved, nice, niggling, not surprised, observant, observing, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, optimistic, overcurious, overwhelmed, panting, popeyed, prepared, prompt, prurient, puzzled, quick, quizzical, rapt in wonder, raring to, ready, ready and willing, ready to burst, regardful, restive, roused, sanguine, scopophiliac, spellbound, spirited, staggered, staring, steamed up, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, stupefied, supercurious, sure, surprised, thirsty, thrilled, thunderstruck, tingling, tingly, turned-on, under a charm, unsurprised, vital, vivacious, vivid, voyeuristic, waiting, waiting for, watchful, watching for, whipped up, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering, worked up, wrought up, yeasty, zestful