Definitions

eagerness

[ee-ger-nis] / ˈi gər nɪs /

NOUN

enthusiasm, anxiousness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambition ardor excitement fervor hunger impatience keenness longing thirst yearning zeal

STRONG

alacrity anticipation avidity earnestness greediness gusto heartiness impetuosity intentness promptness quickness solicitude vehemence voracity zest zing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathy coolness indifference satisfaction

STRONG

dullness reluctance slowness

WEAK

disinterest

Example Sentences

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"Eagerness, excitement, anxiousness, to give this organization and the Jones family everything they invested in," Prescott said.

From Fox News • Mar. 10, 2021

Eagerness was then the best quality for work, and quickness the best quality for fight.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various

But a Fool hath an Eagerness, like a Monkey in a Glass Shop, to break every thing in the handling.

From A Character of King Charles the Second by Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of

They ride exceeding468 hard, and hunt a poor Hare with as much Eagerness as they pursue a routed Enemy.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

My Affections are so strongly engaged, and my Fears are so raised, by what I have already read, that I cannot express my Eagerness to see the rest.

From Fielding by Dobson, Austin

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