overeager
adjective
over·ea·ger
ˌō-vər-ˈē-gər 
: excessively eager
an overeager look in her eyes
… overeager young fans offered him anything they could find to autograph …—
Joe Coscarelli
Joe CoscarelliDuring the Gold Rush, overeager miners actually dug up city streets in search of placer gold deposits.—Lora J. Finnegan
Lora J. Finnegan
overeagerly
adverb
… its forthright portrait of a needy man, overeagerly pushing for his chance of happiness …
—Mark Shenton
Mark Shenton
overeagerness
noun
What troubles me is the overeagerness to weigh in with the male side of every women's issue …
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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Catch up quick: The Bourbon Street hotel started greasing its poles 55 years ago to keep overeager Mardi Gras revelers from climbing up onto its balconies.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
After her emergence, Dawn gets saddled with tedious subplots: a kleptomaniac streak, bad boyfriends, and an overeager tendency to put herself in danger.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
With their own lieutenants questioning their leadership, other Philly lords eyeing their turf and an overeager FBI agent (Alexandra Ruddy’s Mercer) closing in for an arrest, early episodes in particular lean on the absurdity of the brothers struggling to adjust to their new life.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
That’s plenty of time for overeager fans to watch, record, and post clips.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
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Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
After her emergence, Dawn gets saddled with tedious subplots: a kleptomaniac streak, bad boyfriends, and an overeager tendency to put herself in danger.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
With their own lieutenants questioning their leadership, other Philly lords eyeing their turf and an overeager FBI agent (Alexandra Ruddy’s Mercer) closing in for an arrest, early episodes in particular lean on the absurdity of the brothers struggling to adjust to their new life.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
That’s plenty of time for overeager fans to watch, record, and post clips.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overeager
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“Overeager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overeager. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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