Definition of eager

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Eager (a.) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

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Desirefulness :: Desirefulness (n.) The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess.
Appetent :: Appetent (a.) Desiring; eagerly desirous.
Avid :: Avid (a.) Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy.
Hasty :: Hasty (n.) Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager..
Desirous :: Desirous (n.) Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait..
Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
Engorge :: Engorge (v. i.) To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food.
Futurist :: Futurist (n.) One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant..
Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur..
Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers..
Sharp-set :: Sharp-set (a.) Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set..
Rage :: Rage (n.) The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory..
Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..
Fierce :: Fierce (superl.) Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.
Johnson Grass :: "Johnson grass () A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet..
Overeager :: Overeager (a.) Too eager; too impatient.
Meager :: Meager (v. t.) Alt. of Meagr.
Avidiously :: Avidiously (adv.) Eagerly; greedily.
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