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Anxious

//ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Nervous and worried.
  2. 2
    Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

    "She was anxious to hear how her test results were."

  3. 3
    Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.

    "anxious labor"

  4. 4
    Earnestly desirous.

    "He is anxious to please, so you can count on him."

Adjective
  1. 1
    eagerly desirous wordnet
  2. 2
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety wordnet

Etymology

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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