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1. eager
adjective. ['ˈiːgɝ'] having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
Antonyms
Etymology
- eger (Middle English (1100-1500))
- egre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Eager
- beleaguer
- sweger
- steger
- stegar
- schwieger
- pflieger
- pfleger
- krieger
- kreger
- kreeger
- grieger
- fleeger
- cregar
- brieger
- breger
- zieger
- zeger
- weger
- sieger
- seger
- segar
- seeger
- rieger
- reger
- reagor
- leaguer
- heger
- gieger
- fieger
- feger
Sentences with eager
1. Adjective
Are you planning a year ahead or are you eager to start soon?
2. Noun, singular or mass
If you're overweight, you may feel eager to shed those excess pounds as quickly as possible.
3. Adjective, comparative
Although you may be eager to ditch the extra pounds as soon as possible, losing weight takes time.
Quotes about eager
1. Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
2. The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone,And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with eager feet,Until it joins some larger wayWhere many paths and errands meet.And whither then? I cannot say
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
3. When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
- Abdallah II of Jordan