anxious
Meaning
- Nervous and worried.
- Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
- Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
- Earnestly desirous.
Synonyms
nervous
feel uneasy
anquished
hungup
wishful
be worried
get nervous
highly strung
concerned about
feel bad
get impatient
worry about
be uneasy
trouble oneself
High Anxiety
ardently longing
impatiently eager
longing after
not quelled
desircus
full of desire
be very worried
looking worried
Frequency
Hyphenated as
anx‧ious
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæŋ(k)ʃəs/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Latin anxius, from angō (“to cause pain, choke”); akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). See anger; angst.
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