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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anxious \Anx"ious\ ([a^][ng]k"sh[u^]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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: anxious adj 1: 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" [syn: {apprehensive}] 2: (colloquial) eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won" [syn: {anxious(p)}, {dying(p)}] 3: 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" [syn: {nervous}, {uneasy}, {unquiet}]
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