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anxious

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋkʃəs/

The English word “anxious” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Nervous and worried.
  2. Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
  3. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
  4. Earnestly desirous.

Etymology

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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