eagerness

eagerness
n
1. enthusiasm, ardor, avidity, keenness, fervor, intensity; zeal, willingness, readiness, promptness, gameness; anxiousness, solicitude, intentness; impatience, fluster, ruffle, Inf. itchy feet, Sl. ants; desire, longing, yearning, wishing.
2. zest, appetite, spirit, relish, gusto, elan, animation, life; verve, vitality, vigor, vim, liveliness; Inf. go, Inf. snap, Inf. pluck, stir, dash, bustle, flurry; dispatch, expedition, sharpness, briskness, quickness; enterprise, diligence, industry, assiduousness, studi-ousness, sedulity, perseverance.
3. cordiality, warmth, heartiness, earnestness, sincerity, Fr. empressement; alacrity, cheer, agreeability, agreeableness, amiability.

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