Eager

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.
  • noun. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as eagre.
  • adjective. Sharp; sour; acid.
  • adjective. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
  • adjective. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement.
  • adjective. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
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  • noun. Alternative form of eagre. Tidal bore.
  • adjective. sharp; sour; acid.
  • adjective. sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
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  • adjective. having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
  • noun. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
  • Word Usage
    "Maeve had heard little past the word eager and then Lisa asking if they could leave early if they were finished."
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    anxious  dying  hot  impatient  overeager  
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    Eger  Seeger  beleaguer  leaguer  meager  
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    eagre