Definition of Anxious in English :

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Anxious meaning in English

Meaning of Anxious in English

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Anxious pronunciation in English

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Anxious

see synonyms of anxious

Adjective

1. anxious, dying

eagerly desirous

Example Sentences:
'anxious to see the new show at the museum'
'dying to hear who won'

2. anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet

causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

Example Sentences:
'spent an anxious night waiting for the test results'
'cast anxious glances behind her'
'those nervous moments before takeoff'
'an unquiet mind'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Anxious

see synonyms of anxious
adjective
1. 
worried and tense because of possible misfortune, danger, etc; uneasy
2. 
fraught with or causing anxiety; worrying; distressing
an anxious time
3. 
intensely desirous; eager
anxious for promotion

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Anxious

see synonyms of anxious
adjective
1. 
having or showing anxiety; uneasy in mind; apprehensive; worried
2. 
causing or full of anxiety
an anxious hour
3. 
eagerly wishing
anxious to do well

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Anxious

see synonyms of anxious
adj.
1. Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.
2. Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety: spent an anxious night waiting for the test results.
3. Usage Problem Eagerly or earnestly desirous.

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