different between restless vs eager
restless
English
Etymology
From Middle English restles, restelees, from Old English restl?as (“restless; disturbed”), equivalent to rest +? -less.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?st?l?s, IPA(key): /???stl?s/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /???stl?s/
- Hyphenation: rest?less
Adjective
restless (comparative more restless, superlative most restless)
- Not allowing or affording rest.
- The night before his wedding was a restless one.
- Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
- He was a restless child.
- She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate.
- Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
- A restless ambition.
- Deprived of rest or sleep.
- They remained restless, sitting by the window the entire night.
Synonyms
- antsy
Derived terms
- restless legs syndrome
- restlessly
- restlessness
- the natives are restless
Translations
References
- restless in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- restless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading
- restless on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Tesslers, tressels
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eager
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?i??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i???/
- Rhymes: -i???(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English egre, eger, from Old French egre (French aigre), from Latin acer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.
Alternative forms
- aigre (obsolete)
- eagre (obsolete)
Adjective
eager (comparative more eager, superlative most eager)
- Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
- 1887, John Keble, s:The Christian Year
- When to her eager lips is brought / Her infant's thrilling kiss.
- a crowd of eager and curious schoolboys
- 1887, John Keble, s:The Christian Year
- (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
- an eager algorithm
- (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
- gold itself will be sometimes so eager, (as artists call it), that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself
- (obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.
- (obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
Synonyms
- keen
- raring
- fain (archaic)
Derived terms
- eager beaver
- eagerly
- eagerness
Translations
Etymology 2
See eagre.
Noun
eager (plural eagers)
- Alternative form of eagre (tidal bore).
Further reading
- eager in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- eager in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- eager at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- aeger, agree, eagre, geare, æger
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