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anxious
[angk-shuhs, ang-]
adjective
full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; apprehensive.
Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
earnestly desirous; eager (usually followed by an infinitive orfor ): anxious for our happiness.
anxious to please;
anxious for our happiness.
attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness.
anxious forebodings.
anxious
/ ˈæŋkʃəs, ˈæŋʃəs /
adjective
worried and tense because of possible misfortune, danger, etc; uneasy
fraught with or causing anxiety; worrying; distressing
an anxious time
intensely desirous; eager
anxious for promotion
Other Word Forms
- anxiously adverb
- anxiousness noun
- quasi-anxious adjective
- unanxious adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of anxious1
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Example Sentences
“She just told me not to be anxious about any of this,” Davidson says.
Annika Swenson, a senior at the University of Iowa, said layoffs at companies like Amazon have made her more anxious about the search.
Investors will also be anxious for insight from management as to how it sees earnings panning out in 2026.
New research from the University of Utah has now pinpointed two unexpected groups of brain cells in mice that behave like "accelerators" and "brakes" for anxious behavior.
“There’s a wife of a German general who delays coming over to the United States, and she’s anxious because she hears that Americans eat cats,” says Burns.
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