Sharp; sour; acid.Sharp; keen; biting; severe; bitter. [Obsolete or archaic.]Sharply inclined or anxious; sharp-set; excited by ardent desire; impatiently longing; vehement; keen: as, the soldiers were eager to engage the enemy; men are eager in the pursuit of wealth; eager spirits; eager zeal.Manifesting sharpness of desire or strength of feeling; marked by great earnestness: as, an eager look or manner; eager words.Brittle.Synonyms Fervent, fervid, warm, glowing, zealous, forward, enthusiastic, impatient, sanguine, animated.To make eager; urge; incite.n. A sudden and formidable influx and surging of the tide in a high wave or waves, up a river or an estuary; a bore, as in the Severn, the Hooghly, and the Bay of Fundy.