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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dazed |
| Synonyms: | agog, baffled, befuddled, confused, dazzled, dizzy, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, flustered, lost, muddled, perplexed, punchy, puzzled, rattled, slap-happy, staggered |
| Main Entry: | vigilant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, watchful |
| Synonyms: | acute, agog, alert, anxious, attentive, aware, cautious, circumspect, guarded, keen, looking for, looking to, observant, on alert, on guard, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, on toes, open-eyed, sharp, sleepless, unsleeping, waiting on, wakeful, wary, wide-awake, with eyes peeled, with weather eye open |
| Antonyms: | careless, impulsive, inattentive, indiscreet, negligent |
| Main Entry: | athirst |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
| Synonyms: | agog, anxious, ardent, avid, bursting, champing at the bit, desiring, desirous, excited, hungry, impatient, keen, longing, raring, ready and willing, thirsting, thirsty, yearning |
| Main Entry: | thirsting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, bursting, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho, hankering*, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unforbearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impatient |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, agog, antsy, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, brusque, chafing, choleric, curt, demanding, dying to, eager, edgy, feverish, fretful, hasty, having short fuse, headlong, hot under collar, hot-tempered, impetuous, indignant, intolerant, irascible, irritable, itchy, keen, on pins and needles, quick-tempered, racing one's motor, restless, ripe*, snappy, straining, sudden, testy, thirsty, unindulgent, vehement, violent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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