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anxious

adj
/ˈæŋ(k)ʃəs/UK/ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs/US

Etymology

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.

  1. borrowed from anxius

Definitions

  1. Nervous and worried.

  2. Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude

    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.

  3. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety

    Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.

    • anxious labor
    • There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.
    • The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Earnestly desirous.

      • He is anxious to please, so you can count on him.
      • All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.
      • He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at anxious. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01anxious02disquietude03anxiety04obsession05fixation06fixated07neurotic

A definitional loop anchored at anxious. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at anxious

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA