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anxious

About 16.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Nervous and worried.
  2. adjective 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. adjective Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
    anxious labor
  4. adjective Earnestly desirous.
    He is anxious to please, so you can count on him.

Similar words

troubled apprehensive unquiet uneasy eager dying nervous edgy worrying worried

Often followed by

to for about that and as not or than

Word family

anxiously anxiousness anxiousnesses

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