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1. (adj.) anxious
full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; worried.
2. anxious
earnestly desirous; eager.
3. anxious
attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness:
anxious forebodings.
Etymology: (1615–25; < L anxius worried, distressed, der. of angere to strangle, pain, distress; cf. anguish , -ous)
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1. (adj) anxious(p), dying(p)
eagerly desirous
"anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
2. (adj) anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet
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"
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1. (adjective) anxious
worried sth bad might happen
an anxious morning waiting for news; anxious about driving
2. anxious
eager for sth to happen
anxious to start a family; anxious for everyone to leave
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| Definition of 'anxious' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) anxious
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
2. (adj) anxious
accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor
3. (adj) anxious
earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please
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Sense: worried about what may happen or have happened
She is anxious about her father's health.
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 Afrikaans: besorg |
 Arabic: قَلِق، مُضْطَرِب البال |
 Bulgarian: загрижен |
 Brazilian: preocupado |
 Czech: plný úzkosti, znepokojený |
 German: besorgt |
 Danish: bekymret;ængstelig; uroli |
 Greek: ανήσυχος |
 Spanish: ansioso, preocupado |
 Estonian: murelik |
 Farsi: نگران؛ دلواپس |
 Finnish: huolissaan |
 French: anxieux |
 Hebrew: חָרֵד |
 Hindi: चिन्तित |
 Croatian: tjeskoban |
 Hungarian: aggódó |
 Indonesian: resah, khawatir, cemas, g |
 Icelandic: kvíðinn |
 Italian: ansioso; preoccupato |
 Japanese: 心配して |
 Korean: 걱정하는 |
 Lithuanian: susirūpinęs |
 Latvian: norūpējies; noraizējies |
 Malay: berdebar-debar |
 Dutch: bezorgd |
 Norwegian: bekymret, engstelig, urol |
 Polish: niespokojny |
 Persian: نگران؛ دلواپس |
 Pashto: مشوش ، اندیښمن |
 Portuguese: preocupado |
 Romanian: îngrijorat |
 Russian: беспокоющийся |
 Slovak: ustarostený |
 Slovenian: zaskrbljen |
 Serbian: zabrinut |
 Swedish: ängslig, bekymrad |
 Thai: ที่วิตกกังวล |
 Turkish: endişeli, kaygılı |
 Taiwanese: 憂慮的 |
 Ukrainian: стурбований, стривожений |
 Urdu: مضطرب |
 Vietnamese: lo lắng |
 Chinese: 忧虑的 |
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