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anxious

/'æŋkʃəs/

Synonyms of anxious Antonyms of anxious Examples of anxious Usage of anxious Parts of anxious Definition that contains anxious Words sounding like anxious Explanation of anxious

adjective
eagerly desirous
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"anxious to see the new show at the museum"

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dying eager
adjective
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
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"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results" "cast anxious glances behind her"

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nervous queasy uneasy unquiet troubled

Usage of anxious

"colloquialism"