Eager

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy. See Usage Note at anxious.
  • adj. Obsolete Tart; sharp; cutting.
  • n. Variant of eagre.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. sharp; sour; acid.
  • adj. sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
  • adj. this sense?) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement.
  • adj. brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
  • n. Alternative form of eagre. Tidal bore.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Sharp; sour; acid.
  • adj. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
  • adj. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement.
  • adj. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
  • n. Same as eagre.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
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  • adj. having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
  • n. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
  • Equivalent
    anxious    impatient    overeager    hot    raring    dying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    spirited    strenuous   
    Variant
    eagre   
    Form
    eagerly    eager beaver    eagerness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    zealous    impassioned    forward    fervent    earnest    intense    hot    vehement    ardent    impetuous   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eger    Seeger    beleaguer    leaguer    meager    segar   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts