anxious.
Nervous and worried.
Meaning & usage
Nervous and worried.
Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
She was anxious to hear how her test results were.
I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails.
Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
anxious labor
There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.
Earnestly desirous.
He is anxious to please, so you can count on him.
All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious Borrowed from Latin anxius, from angō (“to cause pain, choke”); akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). See anger; angst.
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