Etymology: [ E-g&r ] (adjective.) 14th century. Middle English eger Old French egre Latin acer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.
Synonyms: raring, acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid
Sharp; keen; bitter; severe, Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase, Brittle; inflexible; not ductile, A tidal bore, Sharp; sour; acid, adj having a strong wish (for something), strongly desiring, keen, fervently interested, raring, a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary), marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver", If you are eager to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much. Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army When my own son was five years old, I became eager for another baby The low prices still pull in crowds of eager buyers. = keen + eagerness eager·ness an eagerness to learn, yare, If you look or sound eager, you look or sound as if you expect something interesting or enjoyable to happen. Arty sneered at the crowd of eager faces around him Her voice was girlish and eager. = excited + eagerly eager·ly `So what do you think will happen?' he asked eagerly. + eagerness eager·ness a woman speaking with breathless eagerness. = excitement, Same as Eagre, Something that someone with a lot of energy usually is, willing, enthusiastic, or eagre Sharp, keen, acid; the French aigre (Latin, crude form, acr- "acer," sharp ) "It doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk " Shakespeare: Hamlet, i 5 "Vex him with eager words " Shakespeare: Henry VI , ii 4 Eagle (in royal banners) It was the ensign of the ancient kings of Babylon and Persia, of the Ptolemies and Seleucides The Romans adopted it in conjunction with other devices, but Marius made it the ensign of the legion, and confined the other devices to the cohorts The French under the Empire assumed the same device, having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look", anxiously, In an eager manner, Tartness; sourness, The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire, with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited, with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited", passionately, avidly, yearning, impatient longing, enthusiasm, zeal, a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something,
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Sharp; keen; bitter; severe
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Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
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marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"
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If you are eager to do or have something, you want to do or have it very much. Robert was eager to talk about life in the Army When my own son was five years old, I became eager for another baby The low prices still pull in crowds of eager buyers. = keen + eagerness eager·ness an eagerness to learn
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If you look or sound eager, you look or sound as if you expect something interesting or enjoyable to happen. Arty sneered at the crowd of eager faces around him Her voice was girlish and eager. = excited + eagerly eager·ly `So what do you think will happen?' he asked eagerly. + eagerness eager·ness a woman speaking with breathless eagerness. = excitement
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Same as Eagre
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Something that someone with a lot of energy usually is
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willing, enthusiastic
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or eagre Sharp, keen, acid; the French aigre (Latin, crude form, acr- "acer," sharp ) "It doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk " Shakespeare: Hamlet, i 5 "Vex him with eager words " Shakespeare: Henry VI , ii 4 Eagle (in royal banners) It was the ensign of the ancient kings of Babylon and Persia, of the Ptolemies and Seleucides The Romans adopted it in conjunction with other devices, but Marius made it the ensign of the legion, and confined the other devices to the cohorts The French under the Empire assumed the same device
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having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look"
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eagerly
anxiously
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eagerly
In an eager manner
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eagerness
Tartness; sourness
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The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire - "The things he had to tell about...were enough to make you almost tremble with excitement, when you heard all the intimate details from an animal charmer and realized with what thrilling eagerness and anxiety the whole busy underworld was working."
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eagerly
with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited
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eagerly
with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited"
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eagerly
passionately, avidly
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eagerness
yearning, impatient longing, enthusiasm, zeal isim
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eagerness
a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
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