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anxious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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anxious to see the new show at the museum.
Examples of anxious
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The White House has been anxious from the start to get out of the lead position.
From the timesunion.com
Only time and a few roles in which he's not playing an anxious virgin will tell.
From the time.com
I am so sorry that this meant I was really anxious during my pregnancy with you.
From the guardian.co.uk
We dive straight into the oncoming wave anxious to see what's on the other side.
From the stltoday.com
Parents who are anxious with regards to the safety of their kids must read this.
From the ocregister.com
If we binge on junk food whenever we're anxious, they are likely to do the same.
From the kansas.com
The goals of biologist Aubrey de Grey and technologist Kurzweil made me anxious.
From the time.com
They are anxious to rebuild their lives, yet remain uncertain of how to proceed.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The first is that they are still anxious to keep in the government's good books.
From the economist.com
- Anxious(p): eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
- 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"
- (anxiously) with anxiety or apprehension; "we watched anxiously"
- (anxiousness) anxiety: (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
- (anxiousness) a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
- Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components.Seligman, M.E.P., Walker, E.F. & Rosenhan, D.L.). Abnormal psychology, (4th ed.) New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ...
- (ANK-shus, ANG shush) adj. 1. Worried and strained about some uncertain event, uneasy. 2. Eagerly or earnestly expectant.
- A divided mind (as between choices). Check out anxiety basis.
- Means to worry, not to be eager. [So, you probably are not anxious to go on vacation.]
