Anxious Definition

ăngkshəs, ăngshəs

adjective

anxiouser

Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.

American Heritage

Having or showing anxiety; uneasy in mind; apprehensive; worried.

Webster's New World

Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety.

Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results.

American Heritage

Causing or full of anxiety.

An anxious hour.

Webster's New World

Eagerly or earnestly desirous.

American Heritage

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Other Word Forms of Anxious

Base Form:

anxious

Comparative:

anxiouser

Old French *anxios, Latin anxius, from angō (“to cause pain, choke”); akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχειν ('a`gchein, “to choke”). See anger.

From Wiktionary
From Latin ānxius from angere to torment angh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition