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[ adjective ] mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried
Synonyms Examples "anxious parents" "anxious about her job" "not used to a city and anxious about small things" "felt apprehensive about the consequences" Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The government was most anxious that there be a respectable response . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Adam watched his own hands make the caressing , anxious movement that , when rain falls and nobody comes , and ruin draws_close like a cat rubbing against the ankles , has been the ritual of stall vendors , forever . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)They answered him in monosyllables , nods , occasionally muttering in Greek to one another , awaiting the word from Papa , who restlessly cracked his knuckles , anxious to stuff himself into his white Cadillac and burst off to the freeway . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (colloquial) eagerly desirous
Synonyms Examples "anxious to see the new show at the museum" "dying to hear who won" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)A Mexican justice_of_the_peace had issue a writ against Chavez for taking_part in the `` murder '' of Manuel_Gonzales so he and his father were anxious to be taken_out of danger . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)And how anxious this lover of obscurity was for applause ! Related terms |
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