eagerness

Definition von eagerness im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Tartness; sourness; 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.; {n} earnestness, keenness, violence, hotness; a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something; {i} yearning, impatient longing, enthusiasm, zeal
eager: 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
eager: Sharp; sour; acid
eager: adj having a strong wish (for something)
eager: {s} strongly desiring, keen, fervently interested
eager: {n} one tide swelling above another
eager: {a} zealous, keen, hot, quick, sour
Eager: raring
eager: 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
eager: 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
eager: Something that someone with a lot of energy usually is
eager: Sharp; keen; bitter; severe
eager: A tidal bore
eager: 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"
eager: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
eager: Brittle; inflexible; not ductile
eager: 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
eager: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"
eager: willing, enthusiastic
eager: Same as Eagre
eager: yare