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English Dictionary: anxious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for anxious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anxious adj eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won" Synonym(s): anxious(p), dying(p) 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" Synonym(s): anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anxious \Anx"ious\ ([acr][nsm]k"sh[ucr]s), a. [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. 'a`gchein to choke. See {Anger}.] 1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle. 2. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor. The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. --Milton. 3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. --Macaulay. Note: Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude. Syn: Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.