begierig — meaning in English

English meaning

• anxious adj Feeling nervous or worried, especially about something uncertain or upcoming.
• covetous adj Wanting something that belongs to someone else, in a greedy way.
• 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

1. adj Feeling nervous or worried, especially about something uncertain or upcoming.
2. adj Eagerly wanting something, often with a hint of impatience.

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