English Explanatory Dictionary

anxious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Nervous and worried.
  2. Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
  3. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
  4. Earnestly desirous.

Pronunciation

/ˈæŋ(k)ʃəs/ /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs/ /ˈeɪŋ(k).ʃəs/ en-us-anxious.ogg

Word forms

anxious more anxious anxiouser most anxious anxiousest anctious

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious Borrowed from Latin anxius, from angō (“to cause pain, choke”); akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). See anger; angst.

Synonyms

uneasy worrisome unquiet concerned fraught angstful disturbed restless solicitous nerve-wracking

Derived words

anxious bench anxiously anxiousness anxom hyperanxious hypoanxious nonanxious overanxious unanxious underanxious
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