eager

Betekenis (Engels)

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. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
4. (obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.
5. (obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Verb

1. To be or become eager.
2. To express eagerness.
3. To make or encourage to be eager

Noun

Alternative form of eagre (tidal bore).

Concepten

belust

gretig

begerig

verlangend

verlekkerd

happig

vurig

vurig verlangend

bezig

gereed

ijverig

naarstig

Synoniemen

ardent

zealous

keen

desirous

avid

enthusiastic

greedy

fervent

willing

passionate

eagre

ready

acquisitive

solicitous

impatient

earnest

intense

anxious

tidal bore

excited

bore

ambitious

fervid

vehement

aegir

hasty

wishful

raring

forward

agog

jealous

stimulated

intent

persistent

persevering

pertinacious

game

yearning

longing

industrious

impassioned

impetuous

impulsive

incandescent

inclined

kind

lascivious

lively

make haste

neighborly

neighbourly

officious

parlous

perfervid

powerful

prompt

pumped

quick

repeated

restless

spirited

splitting

strenuous

striving

strong

studious

thirsty

tidal wave

up

🆙

vigorous

violent

warm

☀️

wistful

yare

yeasty

zestful

zesty

Aegir

anxious for

anxious to

pumped-up

tidal current

be impatient

appetent

droughty

ready to go

be keen

eagerly desirous

be energetic

ardently desirous

eagerly interested

desircus

full of desire

taken with

tidal flow

willing and able

eagor

desireful

Brittle

avidious

ablaze

enhusiastic

acute

agile

alert

appetitive

assiduous

athirst

attentive

be anxious

bent

big

blaze

complaisant

constant

continual

crazy

decided

determined

diligent

disposed

dry

dying

enraged

enthuse

envious

evangelical

fain

ferocious

fidgety

fierce

fond

frequent

gung ho

happy

😀

haste

heartfelt

hearty

hot

🥵

hungry

hurry

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈiɡɚ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: egre

In summary

From Middle English egre, eger, from Old French egre (French aigre), from Latin acer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.