Word Meanings - OVEREAGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Too eager; too impatient. -- O`ver*ea"ger*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ea"ger*ness, n.

Related words: (words related to OVEREAGER)

• IMPATIENT
  1. Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under. A violent,
• EAGERLY
  In an eager manner.
• IMPATIENTLY
  In an impatient manner.
• EAGER
  aigre, fr. L. acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. a 1. Sharp; sour; acid. "Like eager droppings into milk." Shak. 2. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. "A nipping and an eager air." "Eager words." Shak. 3. Excited by desire
• EAGERNESS
  1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. "The eagerness of love." Addison. 2. Tartness; sourness. Syn. -- Ardor; vehemence; earnestness; impetuosity; heartiness; fervor; fervency; avidity; zeal; craving; heat; passion; greediness.
• MEAGERNESS; MEAGRENESS
  The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
• OVEREAGER
  Too eager; too impatient. -- O`ver*ea"ger*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ea"ger*ness, n.
• MEAGER; MEAGRE
  Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. Syn. -- Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren. (more info) 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak.
• MEAGERLY; MEAGRELY
  Poorly; thinly.