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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 followed 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; < Latin anxius worried, distressed, derivative of angere to strangle, pain, distress; compare anguish, -ous
1615–25; < Latin anxius worried, distressed, derivative of angere to strangle, pain, distress; compare anguish, -ous
Related forms
anx·ious·ly, adverb
anx·ious·ness, noun
qua·si-anx·ious, adjective
qua·si-anx·ious·ly, adverb
un·anx·ious, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. concerned, disturbed, apprehensive, fearful, uneasy.
1. concerned, disturbed, apprehensive, fearful, uneasy.
Antonyms
1. calm, confident. 2. reluctant, hesitant.
1. calm, confident. 2. reluctant, hesitant.
Usage note
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.
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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Word Origin & History
anxious
1620s, from L. anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind," from ang(u)ere "choke, cause distress" (see anger). The same image is in Serbo-Croatian tjeskoba "anxiety," lit. "tightness, narrowness."
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