Anxious

Quick meaning: Anxious is an adjective meaning Nervous and worried.

Meaning

Nervous and worried.

More Meanings

1. (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
2. Earnestly desirous.
3. Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

Example Sentences

anxious labor

She was anxious to hear how her test results were.

I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails.

There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.

Word Forms

• anxiouser
• anxiousest

Synonyms for anxious

Depending on context, synonyms include uneasy, worrisome, unquiet, concerned, fraught, angstful.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include troubled, apprehensive, unquiet, uneasy, eager, dying.

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