Anxious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.
  • adj. Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety: spent an anxious night waiting for the test results.
  • adj. Usage Problem Eagerly or earnestly desirous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, especially respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense;—applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
  • adj. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying;—applied to things; as, anxious labor.
  • adj. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons.
  • adj. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things.
  • adj. Earnestly desirous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of anxiety or solicitude; greatly troubled or solicitous, especially about something future or unknown; being in painful suspense: applied to persons.
  • Attended with, proceeding from, or manifesting solicitude or uneasiness: applied to things: as, anxious forebodings; anxious labor.
  • Earnestly desirous or solicitous: as, anxious to please; anxious to do right.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. eagerly desirous
  • adj. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  • Equivalent
    eager    troubled   
    Antonym
    careless    bold    calm    confident   
    Cross Reference
    timid    apprehensive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    concerned    unquiet    uneasy    careful    watchful    disturbed    restless    solicitous    worrying    distressed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    eager    nervous    uneasy    unhappy    thoughtful    weary    grateful