anxiousness

[angk-shuhs-nis, ang-]

noun

1. the state of being greatly worried; mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; anxiety.

   The warm welcome from her new classmates made all her anxiousness go away.

2. the state of being earnestly desirous; eagerness (followed by to orfor ).

   As he sat in the cabin of the combat plane, he felt no fear or apprehension, just anxiousness to get airborne.

Other Word Forms

• unanxiousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of anxiousness¹

First recorded in 1630–40; anxious ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

“That’s the only anxiousness I feel. It’s not because of my illness, let’s put it that way,” she said.

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"There was always this anxiousness. If that's happened, anything could happen," she said.

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When I burn that energy, the anxiousness goes away for the show that’s about to happen.

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Part of Soboroff’s anxiousness stemmed from an incident just a week earlier: He and his wife awoke around 1:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day to a brush fire burning on a nearby ridge.

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He also used terms like “first-year jitters” and “anxiousness” in describing his sometimes disconnected partnership with Justin Herbert.

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