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Etymology
Latin anxius, from angere (“‘to cause pain, choke’”); akin to Greek 'a`gchein to choke. See anger.
Pronunciation
Adjective
anxious (comparative more anxious, superlative most anxious)
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Positive anxious |
Comparative more anxious |
Superlative most anxious |
- Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense;—applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
- Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying;—applied to things; as, anxious labor.
- The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. -- John Milton.
- Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
- He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Usage notes
- Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude.
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External links
- anxious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- anxious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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