Antonyms for anxious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : angk-shuhs, ang- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæŋk ʃəs, ˈæŋ- |
Definition of anxious
Origin :- 1620s, from Latin anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind" (also "causing anxiety, troublesome"), from angere, anguere "choke, squeeze," figuratively "torment, cause distress" (see anger (v.)). The same image is in Serbo-Croatian tjeskoba "anxiety," literally "tightness, narrowness." Related: Anxiously; anxiousness.
- adj worried, tense
- adj eager
- If it may be avoided, I will not see the whole of your youth consumed in anxious watchings.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I have been most anxious to give your feelings their full bent.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Their interviews were first blissful, then anxious, then sad, then stormy.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- "It wouldn't do, sir, for the blind to be anxious," she replied.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- "I hope she's at home," was Grace's anxious thought as she rang the bell.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- There was an expression of anxious concern on Elfreda's round face.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Do not even begin to be anxious, therefore, saying, 'What shall we eat?'
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Master was vexed and anxious—almost angry, and yet full of solicitude.
- Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
- George was anxious to do the right, but did not know how to fight against the wrong.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Why she did not quite like them she did not yet know, and was anxious not to be unfair.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for anxious
- afraid
- aghast
- agog
- antsy
- apprehensive
- ardent
- avid
- basket case
- breathless
- bugged
- butterflies
- careful
- choked
- clutched
- concerned
- desirous
- disquieted
- distressed
- disturbed
- dreading
- enthusiastic
- expectant
- fearful
- fervent
- fidgety
- fretful
- hacked
- hyper
- impatient
- in a state
- in a tizzy
- in suspense
- intent
- itching
- jittery
- jumpy
- keen
- nervous
- nervy
- overwrought
- restless
- scared
- shaking
- shaky
- shivery
- shook up
- shot to pieces
- solicitous
- spooked
- strung out
- sweating bullets
- taut
- thirsty
- troubled
- uneasy
- unglued
- unquiet
- uptight
- watchful
- wired
- worried sick
- wreck
- yearning
- zealous
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