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overeager

overeager adjective: excessively eager.

Adjective

overeager (comparative more overeager, superlative most overeager)

  1. Excessively eager.
    • He got a bad haircut from an overeager fellow who had just begun his career as a barber.
    • Olivia’s dress was too formal, her lipstick was too bright, her hair was freshly trimmed, she was slightly too attentive in the way she looked at Jonathan, and the combined effect was overeager.2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 147

overeager meaning in Bengali

overeager in Bengali

অত্যধিক উৎসাহী

Forms of overeager

comparativemore overeager
superlativemost overeager

Origin of overeager

From over- + eager.

Words formed from overeager

Words that rhyme with overeager

Questions about overeager

What does overeager mean?
Overeager means excessively eager.
What is overeager in Bengali?
Overeager in Bengali is অত্যধিক উৎসাহী. See Overeager meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is overeager?
Overeager is an adjective.

Words near overeager in the dictionary

  1. overdye
  2. overdyed
  3. overdyeing
  4. overdyes
  5. overdying
  6. overeager
  7. overeagerly
  8. overeagerness
  9. overearnest
  10. overearnestly
  11. overearnestness

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