- 1. a. 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor. Source: opted
- 3. a. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. Source: opted
- 4. adj. eagerly desirous Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting 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. Source: webster
- 7. j:100 s. eagerly desirous s. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety Source: ecdict
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