Definitions for anxious

anxious anx·ious

Spelling: [angk-shuh s, ang-]
IPA: /ˈæŋk ʃəs, ˈæŋ-/

Anxious is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in anxious (ainosux).

Definitions for anxious

adjective

  1. full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous:
  2. earnestly desirous; eager (usually followed by an infinitive or for):
  3. attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness:

Origin of anxious

1615-25; Latin anxius worried, distressed, derivative of angere to strangle, pain, distress; cf. anguish, -ous

Examples for anxious

On the one hand, she was anxious about her colleagues knowing about her kink.

Their interviews were first blissful, then anxious, then sad, then stormy.

A Simba commander yelled the order and anxious rebels began ricocheting bullets into the fleeing group.

If it may be avoided, I will not see the whole of your youth consumed in anxious watchings.

"I hope she's at home," was Grace's anxious thought as she rang the bell.

The unemployed have a right to be anxious about the ravages on their families exacted by their unemployment.

He said Jay was anxious and wondering why it was taking so long for the police to arrive.

I have been most anxious to give your feelings their full bent.

During a midterm election with a larger share of anxious, older, whiter voters, that was enough.

"It wouldn't do, sir, for the blind to be anxious," she replied.

Word Value for anxious
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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