begierig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anxious adj Feeling nervous or worried, especially about something uncertain or upcoming.
- covetous adj Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
- eager adj Keen and enthusiastic to do or have something.
- forward adj Located at or moving toward the front.
Senses
begierig is used for these senses in English:
- anxious Earnestly desirous.
- covetous Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
- eager (comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
- forward (obsolete) Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty. [to 19th century]
anxious — full definition
- adj Feeling nervous or worried, especially about something uncertain or upcoming.
- adj Eagerly wanting something, often with a hint of impatience.