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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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