ANXIOUS

anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

anxious (comparative more anxious or anxiouser, superlative most anxious or anxiousest)

Nervous and worried.

Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

(of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.

Earnestly desirous.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• angstful

• careful

• concerned

• disturbed

• restless

• solicitous

• uneasy

• unquiet

• watchful

Anagrams

• Siouxan

Source: Wiktionary


Anx"ious, a. Etym: [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. Anger.]

1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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