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1.
keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
2.
characterized by or revealing great earnestness: an eager look.
3.
Obsolete. keen; sharp; biting.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English egre < Anglo-French, Old French egre, aigre < Vulgar Latin *ācrus for Latin ācer sharp
1250–1300; Middle English egre < Anglo-French, Old French egre, aigre < Vulgar Latin *ācrus for Latin ācer sharp
Related forms
ea·ger·ly, adverb
ea·ger·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. enthusiastic, desirous. See avid. 2. fervent, zealous, fervid, intent, intense, earnest.
1. enthusiastic, desirous. See avid. 2. fervent, zealous, fervid, intent, intense, earnest.
Antonyms
1, 2. indifferent, uninterested. 2. heedless.
1, 2. indifferent, uninterested. 2. heedless.
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Eager
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Example Sentences
- Later that night they learned why the chief had been so eager for them to remain.
- Small publishers are eager to try new things.
- Im bored with raven, tough on valor, but am eager to battle the flock.
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| eager2 (ˈeɪɡə) | |
| —n | |
| a variant spelling of eagre | |
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Word Origin & History
eager
c.1300, from O.Fr. aigre, from V.L. *acrus, from L. acer (gen. acris) "keen, sharp" (see acrid). The Eng. word kept an alternative meaning of "pungent, sharp-edged" till 19c. (e.g. Shakespeare's "The bitter clamour of two eager tongues," in "Richard II"). Related: Eagerly; eagerness.
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