How to Spell anxious
anxious
anxious - adjective
- Characterized by extreme uneasiness of mind or brooding fear about some contingency :
- Characterized by, resulting from, or causing anxiety} : {sx
- Ardently or earnestly wishing
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"anxious parents"
Etymology
Latin anxius "worried, disturbed, uneasy, marked by or inducing anxiety or distress" (adjective derivative from the base of angere "to choke, cause pain to, afflict, vex") + -ous