What is the name meaning of EARNEST. Phrases containing EARNEST
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EARNEST
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gadd.Danish : from a medieval nickname Gad meaning ‘sting’, ‘point’, or from the Biblical male personal name Gad.Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic jÄd ‘serious’, ‘earnest’.
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Sincere; Serious Battle to the Death; Earnest; Serious; Battle to the Death
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English American Spanish
Earnest.
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English American German Latin
A variant spelling of the German Earnest, meaning serious determined, earnestness or vigor, from...
Female
English
Feminine form of English Earnest, EARNESTINE means "battle (to the death), serious business."
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Sincere; Serious; Earnest; Fight to the Finish; Determined; Battle to the Death
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English
A variant spelling of the German Earnest, meaning serious determined, earnestness or vigor, from...
Boy/Male
British, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Swedish, Swiss
Earnest; Sincere; Serious
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Swedish German
Earnest.
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American, British, Christian, English, German
Sincere; Serious; Form of Ernest; Truth; Battle to the Death
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Earnest
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American, British, Christian, English, German
Sincere; Form of Ernest; Earnest; Battle to the Death
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English American German
Earnest.
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American, Christian, German
Earnest; Serious; Battle to the Death
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Ernest, EARNEST means "battle (to the death), serious business."
Surname or Lastname
Americanized form of German Ernst.English
Americanized form of German Ernst.English : variant spelling of Ernest.
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English American
Earnest.
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Christian, English
A Variant Spelling of the German Earnest; Diminutive of Earnest
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Gaelic
Earnest.
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superl.
Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
superl.
Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
a.
Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.
n.
A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth.
v. t.
Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
v. i.
To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
n.
One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.
v. t.
To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
a.
Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
a.
Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.
n.
The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
v. i.
To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
n.
The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
v. t.
To use in earnest.
a.
To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
a.
Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
n.
A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.
a.
Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country.
adv.
In an earnest manner.
adv.
Completely; vigorously; in earnest.