eager

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
2. Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
3. (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
4. (obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.
5. (figuratively, obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be or become eager.
2. (intransitive) To express eagerness.
3. (transitive) To make or encourage to be eager

Noun

Alternative form of eagre (“tidal bor”).

Concetti

avido

ansioso

desideroso

zelante

bramoso

impaziente

fervente

solerte

ardente

desiderioso

diligente

anelante

appassionato

cupido

goloso

smanioso

voglioso

sinonimi

ardent

zealous

keen

desirous

avid

enthusiastic

greedy

fervent

willing

passionate

eagre

ready

solicitous

anxious

impatient

intense

earnest

acquisitive

tidal bore

excited

bore

fervid

wishful

aegir

hasty

ambitious

vehement

pertinacious

agog

yearning

game

forward

raring

stimulated

persevering

persistent

intent

jealous

industrious

longing

dying

dry

disposed

diligent

attentive

alert

determined

athirst

decided

frequent

Traduzioni

ávido

ansioso

avide

begierig

eifrig

ávido

begerig

belust

désireux

gretig

zélé

διακαής

lüstern

enthousiaste

gierig

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈiɡɚ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: egre

In summary

Inherited from Middle English egre, eger, from Old French aigre, egre (modern French aigre), from Latin ācrus, variant of ācer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.