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Meaning of 'anxious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Anxious [ a.]
- Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
- Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor.
- Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.

Meaning of 'anxious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . anxious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Example in sentence:
  • an unquiet mind;
  • cast anxious glances behind her;
  • spent an anxious night waiting for the test results;
  • those nervous moments before takeoff
Meaning (2):
- eagerly desirous
Example in sentence:
  • anxious to see the new show at the museum;
  • dying to hear who won

Nearby Words:

anxieties anxietude anxiety anxiously anxiousness

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