anxious

anx·ious  (ngkshs, ngshs)

adj.

1. Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.

2. Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety: spent an anxious night waiting for the test results.

3. Usage Problem Eagerly or earnestly desirous.

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[From Latin nxius, from angere, to torment; see angh- in Indo-European roots.]

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anxious·ly adv.

anxious·ness n.

Usage Note: Anxious has a long history of use roughly as a synonym for eager, but many prefer that anxious be used only when its subject is worried or uneasy about the anticipated event. In the traditional view, one may say We are anxious to see the strike settled soon but not We are anxious to see the new show of British sculpture at the museum. Fifty-two percent of the Usage Panel rejects anxious in the latter sentence. But general adoption of anxious to mean "eager" is understandable, at least in colloquial discourse, since it provides a means of adding emotional urgency to an assertion. It implies that the subject so strongly desires a certain outcome that frustration of that desire will lead to unhappiness. In this way, it resembles the informal adjective dying in sentences such as I'm dying to see your new baby.

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anxious

Adjective

1. worried and tense

2. causing anxiety: he was anxious about the enormity of the task ahead

3. intensely desiring: both sides were anxious for a deal [Latin anxius]

anxiously adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	anxious - eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won" dying colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech eager - having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look"
	2.	anxious - 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" nervous, unquiet, queasy, uneasy troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"

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anxious

adjective 1. eager, keen, intent, yearning, impatient, itching, ardent, avid, expectant, desirous << OPPOSITE reluctant

adjective 2. uneasy, concerned, worried, troubled, upset, careful, wired (slang) nervous, disturbed, distressed, uncomfortable, tense, fearful, unsettled, restless, neurotic, agitated, taut, disquieted, apprehensive, edgy, watchful, jittery (informal) perturbed, on edge, ill at ease, twitchy (informal) solicitous, overwrought, fretful, on tenterhooks, in suspense, hot and bothered, unquiet (chiefly literary) like a fish out of water, antsy (informal) angsty, on pins and needles, discomposed << OPPOSITE confident

Translations

anxious [ˈæŋkʃəs] adj (= worried) → inquieto (= keen); deseoso;

I'm very anxious about you → me tienes muy preocupado

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anxious [ˈæŋkʃəs] adj → (très) inquiet/ète (= always worried); anxieux/euse (= worrying); angoissant(e) (= keen);

anxious to do/that → qui tient beaucoup à faire/à ce que + sub; impatient(e) de faire/que + sub;

I'm very anxious about you → je me fais beaucoup de souci pour toi

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anxious [ˈæŋkʃəs] adj (worried) → besorgt;

(situation) → Angst einflößend;

(question, moments) → bang(e);

(keen);

to be anxious to do sth → etw unbedingt tun wollen;

I'm very anxious about you → ich mache mir große Sorgen um dich

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anxious [ˈæŋkʃəs] adj → ansioso/a, inquieto/a (= keen): anxious to do/that → impaziente di fare/che + sub;

I'm very anxious about you → sono molto preoccupato or in pensiero per te

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anxious

adj anxious [ˈӕŋkʃəs]

1 worried about what may happen or have happened She is anxious about her father's health. besorg قَلِق، مُضْطَرِب البال загрижен plný úzkosti, znepokojený bekymret; ængstelig; urolig besorgt ανήσυχος ansioso, preocupado murelik نگران؛ دلواپس huolissaan anxieux חָרֵד चिन्तित tjeskoban aggódó resah, khawatir, cemas, gelisah kvíðinn ansioso; preoccupato 心配して (서술용법) 걱정하여 susirūpinęs norūpējies; noraizējies berdebar-debar bezorgd bekymret, engstelig, urolig niespokojny preocupado îngrijorat беспокоющийся ustarostený zaskrbljen zabrinut ängslig, bekymrad ที่วิตกกังวล endişeli, kaygılı 憂慮的 стурбований, стривожений مضطرب lo lắng 忧虑的

2 causing worry, fear or uncertainty an anxious moment. kommerwekkend مُسَبِّب لِلقَلَق създаващ грижи znepokojující urovækkende; angstfyldt bange αγωνιώδης, αβέβαιος de ansiedad, angustioso ärev نگران کننده piinallinen angoissant מַדאִיג चिन्ता करने वाला tjeskoban aggasztó meresahkan kvíðaþrunginn angosciante 不安な (한정용법) 걱정스러운 keliantis susirūpinimą, kupinas įtampos nemierpilns; nemierīgs cemas angstig urovekkende, angstfylt niopokojący aflitivo de tensiune тревожный znepokojujúci vznemirljiv teskoban bekymmersam ที่วิตกกังวล endişe verici, kaygı verici 令人憂慮的 хвилюючий بے چین gây ra nỗi lo âu 令人忧虑的

3 wanting very much (to do etc something) He's very anxious to please. gretig تَوّاق إلى силно желаещ horlivě usilující ivrig; opsat (på) bestrebt που αδημονεί deseoso de, ansioso por õhinal valmis (midagi tegema) مشتاق؛ مایل innokas (très) désireux de מִשתוֹקֵק उत्सुक gorljiv alig várja ingin sekali óþreyjufullur desideroso 切望して 몹시 ...하고 싶어하여 labai norintis ļoti gribošs (kaut ko izdarīt) tidak sabar verlangend ivrig, oppsatt (på) usilnie pragnący ansioso (foarte) dornic (să) стремящийся horlivo sa usilujúci zelo željan željan angelägen, ivrig ที่กระวนกระวาย hevesli, can atan 渴望的 той, що палко бажає بے قرار rất mong muốn cái gì 渴望的

adv anxiously

gretig بِقَلَق тревожно úzkostlivě bekymret; ængsteligt ängstlich ανήσυχα ansiosamente murelikult, õhinaga با نگرانی huolestuneesti, innokkaasti avec inquiétude בִּדְאָגָה उत्सुक्तापूर्वक gorljivo nyugtalanul sikap resah, cemas dll með kvíða con ansia 気をもんで 걱정하여 neramiai, susirūpinus raižpilni dengan cemas bezorgd bekymret, engstelig niespokojnie, z niepokojem ansiosamente îngrijorat тревожно, беспокойно úzkostlivo v strahu teskobno ängsligt อย่างร้อนรนใจ endişeyle,istekle 渴望地 стурбовано, схвильовано بے چینی سے lo lắng 渴望地

n anxiety [aŋˈzaiəti]

His health is a great anxiety to me; filled with anxiety about her child's health. angstigheid قَـلَـق тревога úzkost bekymring; ængstelse die Sorge ανησυχία ansiedad mure نگرانی؛ دلواپسی huoli anxiété חֲרָדָה, דְאָגָה चिंता zabrinutost aggodalom keresahan, kegelisahan, dll kvíði ansia, ansietà 心配 걱정 susirūpinimas, nerimas raizes; bažas tandatanya ongerustheid bekymring, engstelse niepokój ansiedade anxietate; îngrijorare тревога, беспокойство starosť, úzkosť bojazen, huda skrb zabrinutost bekymmer, oro ความวิตกกังวล endişe, kaygı 憂慮 неспокій, турбота اضطراب ، خوف ، افسردگی nỗi lo 忧虑