ALL meanings of anxious
anx·ious
A a - adjective anxious If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen. 3
- adjective anxious If you are anxious, you are nervous or worried about something. 3
- adjective anxious An anxious time or situation is one during which you feel nervous and worried. 3
- adjective anxious worried and tense because of possible misfortune, danger, etc; uneasy 3
- adjective anxious fraught with or causing anxiety; worrying; distressing 3
- adjective anxious intensely desirous; eager 3
- adjective anxious having or showing anxiety; uneasy in mind; apprehensive; worried 3
- adjective anxious causing or full of anxiety 3
- adjective anxious eagerly wishing 3
- noun anxious Experiencing worry, unease, or nervousness, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. 1
- adjective anxious nervous 1
- adjective anxious situation, time: causing distress 1
- adjective anxious awaiting 1
- adjective anxious full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health. 1
- adjective anxious earnestly desirous; eager (usually followed by an infinitive or for): anxious to please; anxious for our happiness. 1
- adjective anxious attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness: anxious forebodings. 1
- noun anxious The earliest sense of anxious (in the 17th century) was “troubled” or “worried”: We are still anxious for the safety of our dear sons in battle. Its meaning “earnestly desirous, eager” arose in the mid-18th century: We are anxious to see our new grandson. Some insist that anxious must always convey a sense of distress or worry and object to its use in the sense of “eager,” but such use is fully standard. 1
- adjective anxious Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, especially respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense;—applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle. 0
- adjective anxious Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying;—applied to things; as, anxious labor. 0
- adjective anxious Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. 0