What does "over-anxious" mean?

Alternative form of overanxious.

What is a synonym for "over-anxious"?

Common synonyms include: agitated, all-overish, anxious, anxioused up, apprehensive, at fever pitch.

Over-anxious

adj

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Adjective

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Alternative form of overanxious. alt-of, alternative
"Fanny was confused, but it was the confusion of discontent; while Miss Crawford wondered she did not smile, and thought her over-anxious, or thought her odd, or thought her anything rather than insensible of pleasure in Henry’s attentions."

Synonyms

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agitated all-overish anxious anxioused up apprehensive at fever pitch

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"Fanny was confused, but it was the confusion of discontent; while Miss Crawford wondered she did not smile, and thought her over-anxious, or thought her odd, or thought her anything rather than insensible of pleasure in Henry’s attentions."

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