overanxious
adjective
excessively anxious.
overanxiety
-
a word derived from
overanxious.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
That few casualties bite the dust is due chiefly to Guerrilla-Author Gordon's scattering fire, in her overanxiety to wipe out the entire enemy at one try.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his overanxiety to avoid monotony Author La Farge frequently varies the metre, not always with happy effect.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crime is compounded when the baby is put on a clock-ruled feeding schedule, a practice which is almost bound to produce overanxiety in parents and loss of appetite in children.
From Time Magazine Archive
The overanxiety on the father's part irritated the boy.
From The Eagle's Heart by Hamlin Garland
I can explain it in no way than by assuming that it is due to overanxiety to do the correct thing.
From As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home by Henry Pearson Gratton
