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anx·ious    Audio Help   [angk-shuhs, ang-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
2.earnestly desirous; eager (usually fol. by an infinitive or for): anxious to please; anxious for our happiness.
3.attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness: anxious forebodings.

[Origin: 1615–25; < L anxius worried, distressed, deriv. of angere to strangle, pain, distress; cf. anguish, -ous]

anx·ious·ly, adverb
anx·ious·ness, noun

1. concerned, disturbed, apprehensive, fearful, uneasy.
1. calm, confident. 2. reluctant, hesitant.
The earliest sense of anxious (in the 17th century) was “troubled” or “worried”: We are still anxious for the safety of our dear sons in battle. Its meaning “earnestly desirous, eager” arose in the mid-18th century: We are anxious to see our new grandson. Some insist that anxious must always convey a sense of distress or worry and object to its use in the sense of “eager,” but such use is fully standard.
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anx·ious    Audio Help   (āngk'shəs, āng'shəs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.
  2. Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety: spent an anxious night waiting for the test results.
  3. Usage Problem Eagerly or earnestly desirous.


[From Latin ānxius, from angere, to torment; see angh- in Indo-European roots.]

anx'ious·ly adv., anx'ious·ness n.
Usage Note: Anxious has a long history of use roughly as a synonym for eager, but many prefer that anxious be used only when its subject is worried or uneasy about the anticipated event. In the traditional view, one may say We are anxious to see the strike settled soon but not We are anxious to see the new show of British sculpture at the museum. Fifty-two percent of the Usage Panel rejects anxious in the latter sentence. But general adoption of anxious to mean "eager" is understandable, at least in colloquial discourse, since it provides a means of adding emotional urgency to an assertion. It implies that the subject so strongly desires a certain outcome that frustration of that desire will lead to unhappiness. In this way, it resembles the informal adjective dying in sentences such as I'm dying to see your new baby.

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anxious 
1623, from L. anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind," from ang(u)ere "choke, cause distress" (see anger). The same image is in S.Cr. tjeskoba "anxiety," lit. "tightness, narrowness."

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anxious

adjective
1. eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won" 
2. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" 

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anxious1 [ˈӕŋkʃəs] adjective
worried about what may happen or have happened
Example: She is anxious about her father's health.
Arabic: قَلِق، مُضْطَرِب البال
Chinese (Simplified): 忧虑的
Chinese (Traditional): 憂慮的
Czech: plný úzkosti, znepokojený
Danish: bekymret; ængstelig; urolig
Dutch: bezorgd
Estonian: murelik
Finnish: huolissaan
French: anxieux
German: besorgt
Greek: ανήσυχος
Hungarian: aggódó
Icelandic: kvíðinn
Indonesian: resah, khawatir, cemas, gelisah
Italian: ansioso; preoccupato
Japanese: 心配して
Korean: (서술용법) 걱정하여
Latvian: norūpējies; noraizējies
Lithuanian: susirūpinęs
Norwegian: bekymret, engstelig, urolig
Polish: niespokojny
Portuguese (Brazil): ansioso
Portuguese (Portugal): preocupado
Romanian: îngrijorat
Russian: беспокоющийся
Slovak: ustarostený
Slovenian: zaskrbljen
Spanish: ansioso, preocupado
Swedish: ängslig, bekymrad
Turkish: endişeli, kaygılı
anxious2 [ˈӕŋkʃəs] adjective
causing worry, fear or uncertainty
Example: an anxious moment
Arabic: مُسَبِّب لِلقَلَق
Chinese (Simplified): 令人忧虑的
Chinese (Traditional): 令人憂慮的
Czech: znepokojující
Danish: urovækkende; angstfyldt
Dutch: angstig
Estonian: ärev
Finnish: piinallinen
French: angoissant
German: bange
Greek: αγωνιώδης, αβέβαιος
Hungarian: aggasztó
Icelandic: kvíðaþrunginn
Indonesian: meresahkan
Italian: angosciante
Japanese: 不安な
Korean: (한정용법) 걱정스러운
Latvian: nemierpilns; nemierīgs
Lithuanian: keliantis susirūpinimą, kupinas įtampos
Norwegian: urovekkende, angstfylt
Polish: niopokojący
Portuguese (Brazil): angustiante
Portuguese (Portugal): aflitivo
Romanian: de tensiune
Russian: тревожный
Slovak: znepokojujúci
Slovenian: vznemirljiv
Spanish: de ansiedad, angustioso
Swedish: bekymmersam
Turkish: endişe verici, kaygı verici
anxious3 [ˈӕŋkʃəs] adjective
wanting very much (to do etc something)
Example: He's very anxious to please.
Arabic: تَوّاق إلى
Chinese (Simplified): 渴望的
Chinese (Traditional): 渴望的
Czech: horlivě usilující
Danish: ivrig; opsat (på)
Dutch: verlangend
Estonian: õhinal valmis (midagi tegema)
Finnish: innokas
French: (très) désireux de
German: bestrebt
Greek: που αδημονεί
Hungarian: alig várja
Icelandic: óþreyjufullur
Indonesian: ingin sekali
Italian: desideroso
Japanese: 切望して
Korean: 몹시 …하고 싶어하여
Latvian: ļoti gribošs (kaut ko izdarīt)
Lithuanian: labai norintis
Norwegian: ivrig, oppsatt (på)
Polish: usilnie pragnący
Portuguese (Brazil): ansioso
Portuguese (Portugal): ansioso
Romanian: (foarte) dornic (să)
Russian: стремящийся
Slovak: horlivo sa usilujúci
Slovenian: zelo željan
Spanish: deseoso de, ansioso por
Swedish: angelägen, ivrig
Turkish: hevesli, can atan
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Anxious

Anx*i"e*ty\, n.; pl. Anxieties. [L. anxietas, fr. anxius: cf. F. anxi['e]t['e]. See Anxious.]

1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

2. Eager desire. --J. D. Forbes

3. (Med.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium. --Dunglison.

Syn: Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity; disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension; restlessness. See Care.
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