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anxious definition
anxious |
Grep of noun anxious anxiousness Overview of adj anxious The adj anxious has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (11) anxious, apprehensive -- (mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc worried; "anxious parents"; "anxious about her job"; "not used to a city and anxious about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences") 2. (3) anxious, dying -- ((colloquial) eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won") 3. anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet -- (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") Antonyms of adj anxious 3 senses of anxious Sense 1 anxious, apprehensive INDIRECT (VIA uneasy) -> easy, at ease Sense 2 anxious(prenominal), dying(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA eager) -> uneager Sense 3 anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet INDIRECT (VIA troubled) -> untroubled Similarity of adj anxious 3 senses of anxious Sense 1 anxious, apprehensive => uneasy (vs. easy) Sense 2 anxious(prenominal), dying(prenominal) => eager (vs. uneager) Sense 3 anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet => troubled (vs. untroubled) Attributes of adj anxious Familiarity of adj anxious anxious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj anxious anxious overanxious Overview of adj anxious The adj anxious has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (11) anxious, apprehensive -- (mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc worried; "anxious parents"; "anxious about her job"; "not used to a city and anxious about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences") 2. (3) anxious, dying -- ((colloquial) eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won") 3. anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet -- (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")
anxious definition