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Meaning of 'anxious'
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. [ a.]- 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]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- eagerly desirous
- eagerly desirous
Example in sentence:
- anxious to see the new show at the museum;
- dying to hear who won
Meaning (2):
- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
- 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
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