eager
adjective
[ ˈiːɡə ]
• strongly wanting to do or have something.
• "the man was eager to please"
Similar:
anxious,
impatient,
waiting with bated breath,
longing,
yearning,
aching,
wishing,
hoping,
hopeful,
thirsty,
hungry,
greedy,
desirous of,
hankering after,
intent on,
bent on,
set on,
on the edge of one's seat,
on pins and needles,
on tenterhooks,
hot,
itching,
gagging,
dying,
Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘pungent, sour’): from Old French aigre ‘keen’, from Latin acer, acr- ‘sharp, pungent’.
