Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Anxious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
eagerly desirous
"anxious to see the new show at the museum"
"dying to hear who won"
2
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"
"cast anxious glances behind her"
"those nervous moments before takeoff"
"an unquiet mind"
3
Nervous and worried.
"She sat nervously at her desk, anxious about the upcoming interview results."
Example Sentences
"anxious to see the new show at the museum"
adjective
"dying to hear who won"
adjective
"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"
adjective
"cast anxious glances behind her"
adjective
"those nervous moments before takeoff"
adjective
"an unquiet mind"
adjective