anx´ious|ness

anx´ious|ness
anx|ious «ANGK shuhs, ANG-», adjective.
1. uneasy because of thoughts or fears of what may happen; troubled; worried: »

Mother felt anxious about the children who had been gone an hour too long.

2. causing uneasy feelings or troubled thoughts; worrying; distressing: »

The week of the flood was an anxious time for all of us.

3. wishing very much; eager: »

He was anxious for a bicycle. She was anxious to please her mother.

╂[< Latin anxius (with English -ous) troubled < angere choke]
–anx´ious|ly, adverb.
–anx´ious|ness, noun.
Usage anxious. The idiom is anxious for when “eagerly desiring” is meant: »

He is anxious for her news.

When “worried” is meant, the idioms are anxious about, referring to persons, and anxious at, referring to things: »

Her mother was anxious about her. They became anxious at her delay.


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  • anx´ious|ly — anx|ious «ANGK shuhs, ANG », adjective. 1. uneasy because of thoughts or fears of what may happen; troubled; worried: »Mother felt anxious about the children who had been gone an hour too long. 2. causing uneasy feelings or troubled thoughts;… …   Useful english dictionary

  • anx|ious — «ANGK shuhs, ANG », adjective. 1. uneasy because of thoughts or fears of what may happen; troubled; worried: »Mother felt anxious about the children who had been gone an hour too long. 2. causing uneasy feelings or troubled thoughts; worrying;… …   Useful english dictionary

  • anx — anx·i·ety; anx·ious; anx·ious·ly; anx·ious·ness; anx·io·lyt·ic; un·anx·ious·ly; …   English syllables

  • ious — nox·ious; nox·ious·ly; nox·ious·ness; ob·nox·ious; ob·nox·ious·ly; ob·nox·ious·ness; su·per·cil·ious·ly; su·per·cil·ious·ness; su·per·cil·ious; bil·ious·ly; bil·ious·ness; mal·a·cop·te·ryg·ious; mul·ti·far·ious·ness; un·anx·ious·ly; …   English syllables

  • anxiousness — anx·ious·ness …   English syllables

  • anxious — anx•ious [[t]ˈæŋk ʃəs, ˈæŋ [/t]] adj. 1) full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; worried 2) earnestly desirous; eager 3) attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness: anxious forebodings[/ex] •… …   From formal English to slang

  • Anxiousness — Anx ious*ness, n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • un — un·abridged; un·accountable; un·answered; un·aware; un·balance; un·be; un·believe; un·bending; un·blown; un·bolted; un·bound; un·cal·low; un·certain; un·cial; un·ci·form; un·cle; un·clean·ly; un·co; un·collectible; un·comely; un·common;… …   English syllables

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