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

Other Word Forms of Anxious

Adjective

Base Form:
anxious
Comparative:
anxiouser

Origin of Anxious

  • 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

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