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anxiousness

[ angk-shuhs-nis, ang- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the state of being greatly worried; mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; anxiety:
The warm welcome from her new classmates made all her anxiousness go away.
the state of being earnestly desirous; eagerness (followed by to or for ):
As he sat in the cabin of the combat plane, he felt no fear or apprehension, just anxiousness to get airborne.

First recorded in 1630–40; anxious ( def ) + -ness ( def )

But that didn't seem to soften my worry and overall anxiousness.

Each of the three faces was pale enough; but Pamela had the trouble of these two, as well as her own anxiousness in her eyes.

Certain elder members of his congregation had privately discussed questions of doctrine with anxiousness.

My heart throbbed violently, less with the hopes of triumph than with the anxiousness of duplicity, and the dread of detection.

It was when his glance encountered hers after he said this that each regarded the other with a slow growing anxiousness.

Dowie shook her head and he saw that the old anxiousness came back upon her.

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