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Anxious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Anxious? [adj] mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; "anxious parents"; "anxious about her job"; "not used to a city and anxious about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences" [adj] causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Anxious: apprehensive \| nervous \| troubled \| uneasy \| unquiet Related Terms \| Find terms related to Anxious: aching \| aghast \| agitated \| agog \| alacritous \| alarmed \| all agog \| all-overish \| anguished \| animated \| annoyed \| antsy \| antsy-pantsy \| anxioused up \| apprehensive \| ardent \| athirst \| avid \| beset \| bored \| bothered \| breathless \| bursting to \| careful \| cautious \| chafing \| cheerless \| concerned \| depressed \| desirous \| disgusted \| disquieted \| distressed \| disturbed \| eager \| edgy \| embarrassed \| enthusiastic \| excited \| fearful \| foreboding \| forward \| fretful \| fretting \| frightened \| full of life \| grim \| harassed \| hasty \| hopped-up \| ill at ease \| impatient \| impetuous \| importunate \| in a lather \| in a pucker \| in a stew \| in a sweat \| in suspense \| inconvenienced \| irked \| jittery \| joyless \| keen \| keyed-up \| lively \| longing \| misgiving \| nauseated \| nauseous \| nervous \| on edge \| on tenterhooks \| on tiptoe \| overanxious \| overapprehensive \| panting \| perturbed \| plagued \| pleasureless \| pressing \| prey to malaise \| prompt \| put to it \| puzzled \| qualmish \| qualmy \| quick \| quivering \| raring to \| ready \| ready and willing \| repelled \| restive \| restless \| revolted \| sad \| scared \| scary \| sickened \| solicitous \| sore beset \| spirited \| squirming \| squirmy \| strained \| suffering angst \| suspenseful \| taut \| tense \| terrified \| thirsty \| troubled \| uncertain \| uneasy \| unfulfilled \| ungratified \| unhappy \| unpatient \| unquiet \| unsatisfied \| upset \| urgent \| vexed \| vital \| vivacious \| vivid \| wary \| watchful \| with bated breath \| with muscles tense \| worried \| yearning \| zealous \| zestful See Also \| Anxious In Webster's Dictionary \Anx"ious\ ([a^][ng]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. 'a`gchein to choke. See {Anger}.] 1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle. 2. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor. The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. --Milton. 3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. --Macaulay. Note: Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude. Syn: Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.

Anxious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anxious?

[adj] mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; "anxious parents"; "anxious about her job"; "not used to a city and anxious about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
[adj] causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

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Anxious In Webster's Dictionary

\Anx"ious\ ([a^][ng]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. anxius, fr.
angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. 'a`gchein to choke.
See {Anger}.]
1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or
   solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown;
   being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as,
   anxious for the issue of a battle.

2. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; --
   applied to things; as, anxious labor.

         The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far
         off all anxious cares.                --Milton.

3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.

         He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve
         and at those who are eager for reform. --Macaulay.

Note: Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc.,
      before the object of solicitude.

Syn: Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless;
     concerned; disturbed; watchful.

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