adj. 25B6; adjective
small eager faces : KEEN, enthusiastic, avid, fervent, ardent, motivated, wholehearted, dedicated, committed, earnest; informal mad keen, (as) keen as mustard.
we were eager for news : ANXIOUS, impatient, longing, yearning, wishing, hoping, hopeful; desirous of, hankering after; on the edge of one's seat, on tenterhooks, on pins and needles; informal itching, gagging, dying.
apathetic.