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ANXIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eagerly desirous
Example:
dying to hear who won
Synonyms:
anxious; dying
Classified under:
Similar:
eager (having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Example:
an unquiet mind
Synonyms:
anxious; nervous; queasy; uneasy; unquiet
Classified under:
Similar:
troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)
Derivation:
anxiousness (a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments)
Context examples:
Buck, on the bank, worried and anxious, kept abreast of the boat, his eyes never off his master.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Half of them, I am sure, were anxious to see us shedding each other’s blood.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"I'll investigate. You're not a bit more anxious to quit than I am."
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He cast anxious glances at his mate, but she showed no desire to get up.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
When my dearest aunt died every one was too much occupied in their own grief to notice poor Justine, who had attended her during her illness with the most anxious affection.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
If you become anxious and extremely self-conscious in everyday social situations, you could have a social phobia.
(Phobias, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
The very circumstance, in its unpleasantest form, which they would each have been most anxious to avoid, had fallen on them.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I tell you, but Silver was anxious to keep up with us.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
An uneasy psychological state; the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters.
(Nervousness, NCI Thesaurus)
Emotional, social, spiritual, or physical pain or suffering that may cause a person to feel sad, afraid, depressed, anxious, or lonely.
(Distress, NCI Dictionary)
