anxious

Meanings

• adjective

  Feeling of fear, worry, or apprehension about what is to come.

  - "She felt anxious about the upcoming exam."
  - "The crowd was anxious for the start of the game."

• verb

  Showing or causing feelings of anxiety.

  - "The news anxious her."
  - "He anxious his friends about the danger."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

angstful , careful , concerned , disturbed , restless , solicitous , uneasy , unquiet , watchful

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with anxious
nervous , anxiousness , apprehensive , dreary , fearsome , reverie , terrify , weary

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Variants

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anxious , anxiously , anxiousness , anxiousnesses

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Etymology

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From Old French angoisse, from angoisser ‘to torment, grieve’, from an ‘against’ + goiser ‘to experience, feel’.

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Trivia

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1. Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in the United States, affecting 40 million adults.

2. Anxiety disorders are treatable with therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes.

3. The ancient Greeks believed that anxiety was caused by a demon named Anxiety or Anxietydaemon.

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Related Concepts

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1. Anxiety Disorders: A group of mental disorders characterized by excessive fear or worry about normal situations, and include conditions such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Social Anxiety Disorder.

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Quotes

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1. The individual states—fearful of losing industry and richer residents to lower-tax rivals and "anxious" to minimize their burden of needy citizens …

   - {it}Atlantic{/it},May 1997

2. … to the eye "anxious" for reform in the city and forgetful of conditions in the countryside …

   - Joseph A. Amato,{it}Dust{/it},2000

3. He was so "anxious" to get a fly into the water that he had to reproach himself for haste.

   - John Cheever,{it}The Wapshot Chronicle{/it},1957

4. He was exhausted yet exhilarated, "anxious" … about getting on the ice with a team that had a chance to win.

   - Michael Farber,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},20 Mar. 2000

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Culture

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Anxious has been used extensively in literature and art to depict characters or scenes of fear, uncertainty, or worry. For instance, Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' are famous works that explore the theme of anxiety.

How to Memorize "anxious"

1. visualize
   

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2. associate
   

   - Associate the word anxious with fear, worry, or apprehension to help memorize its meaning.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'An apple Never Grows Under Ice' to remember the meanings of anxious (an-xious) and its synonym apprehensive.

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