adj
Meaning 1
Nervous and worried.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
anxious
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She was anxious to hear how her test results were.
- I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- anxious labor
- There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Earnestly desirous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He is anxious to please, so you can count on him.
- All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
- cast anxious glances behind her
- those nervous moments before takeoff
- an unquiet mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
154 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قَلِق (qaliq) — nervous and worried
- Arabic: قَلِقَة (qaliqa) — nervous and worried
- Azerbaijani: narahat — nervous and worried
- Azerbaijani: qayğılı — nervous and worried
- Azerbaijani: iztirablı — nervous and worried
- Azerbaijani: təlaşlı — nervous and worried
- Azerbaijani: təşvişli — nervous and worried
- Azerbaijani: həyəcanlı — nervous and worried
- Catalan: insegur — nervous and worried
- Chinese Cantonese: 緊張 /紧张 (gan2 zoeng1) — nervous and worried
- Chinese Mandarin: 緊張 /紧张 (jǐnzhāng) — nervous and worried
- Esperanto: anksia — nervous and worried
- Finnish: hermostunut — nervous and worried
- Finnish: huolestunut — nervous and worried
- French: inquiet — nervous and worried
- German: ängstlich — nervous and worried
- German: besorgt — nervous and worried
- German: nervös — nervous and worried
- German: verängstigt — nervous and worried
- German: bange — nervous and worried
- German: bang — nervous and worried
- German: angstvoll — nervous and worried
- German: beklommen — nervous and worried
- Hindi: चिंतित (cintit) — nervous and worried
- Hungarian: ideges — nervous and worried
- Hungarian: nyugtalan — nervous and worried
- Hungarian: aggódó — nervous and worried
- Hungarian: gondterhelt — nervous and worried
- Hungarian: aggodalmas — nervous and worried
- Italian: inquieto — nervous and worried
- Latin: anxius — nervous and worried
- Latin: praementuens — nervous and worried
- Māori: mānakanaka — nervous and worried
- Māori: manaka — nervous and worried
- Portuguese: desconfortável — nervous and worried
- Spanish: incómodo — nervous and worried
- Arabic: قَلِق (qaliq) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Arabic: قَلِقَة (qaliqa) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Armenian: տագնապալից (tagnapalicʻ) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Asturian: ansiosu — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Bulgarian: разтревожен (raztrevožen) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Bulgarian: обезпокоен (obezpokoen) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Catalan: ansiós — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Chinese Mandarin: 焦慮 /焦虑 (jiāolǜ) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Chinese Mandarin: 担心 (dānxīn) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Cornish: prederus — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Czech: úzkostný — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Danish: urolig — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Dutch: bezorgd — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Esperanto: anksia — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Estonian: rahutu — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Finnish: jännittynyt — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Finnish: hermostunut — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Finnish: huolestunut — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Finnish: ahdistunut — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- French: anxieux — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Galician: ansioso — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- German: erregt — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- German: angespannt — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- German: verunsichert — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- German: besorgt — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- German: nervös — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- German: gespannt — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Greek: αγχώδης (anchódis) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Greek: αγχωμένος (anchoménos) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Hebrew: חָרֵד (charéd) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Hindi: चिंतित (cintit) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Hungarian: aggódik — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Hungarian: izgul — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Hungarian: szorong — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Ido: anxioza — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Indonesian: cemas — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Italian: ansioso — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Japanese: 心配した (shinpai shita) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Khmer: ចំពាក់ចិត្ត (cɑmpeak cət) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Khmer: កំពល់ (kɑmpʊəl) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Khmer: កង្វល់ (kɑŋvɑl) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Latin: anxius — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Latin: sollicitus — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Latin: praementuens — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Māori: māihi — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Māori: mawherangi — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Māori: hārato — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Middle English: angwischous — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Norman: soucieux — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Old English: angsum — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Plautdietsch: besorcht — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Portuguese: ansioso — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Romanian: anxios — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Romanian: neliniștit — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Romanian: îngrijorat — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Russian: озабо́ченный (ozabóčennyj) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Russian: беспоко́ящийся (bespokójaščijsja) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Russian: встрево́женный (vstrevóžennyj) — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Scottish Gaelic: cùramach — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Scottish Gaelic: iomagaineach — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Spanish: ansioso — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Spanish: inquieto — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Swedish: orolig — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Thai: ไม่สบายใจ — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Thai: ใจไม่ดี — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Turkish: endişeli — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Turkish: kaygılı — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Vietnamese: nao — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Welsh: pryderus — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Winnebago: hahuhu — having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown
- Arabic: قَلِق (qaliq) — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Arabic: قَلِقَة (qaliqa) — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Bulgarian: загрижен (zagrižen) — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Danish: urovækkende — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Estonian: murelik — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Finnish: hermostuttava — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Finnish: huolestuttava — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- French: préoccupant — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Greek: αγχώδης (anchódis) — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Hungarian: aggasztó — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Hungarian: nyugtalanító — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Hungarian: izgalmas — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Italian: preoccupante — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Old English: ċeariġ — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Portuguese: ansioso — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Portuguese: receoso — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Romanian: îngrijorat — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Romanian: neliniștit — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Scottish Gaelic: iomagaineach — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Swedish: oroväckande — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Turkish: huzursuz — of things: accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
- Bulgarian: горящ от желание (gorjašt ot želanie) — earnestly desirous
- Catalan: ansiós — earnestly desirous
- Danish: ivrig (efter) — earnestly desirous
- Danish: opsat (på) — earnestly desirous
- Danish: spændt (på) — earnestly desirous
- Estonian: kibelev — earnestly desirous
- Finnish: innokas — earnestly desirous
- Finnish: halukas — earnestly desirous
- French: désireux — earnestly desirous
- German: begierig — earnestly desirous
- German: erpicht — earnestly desirous
- German: bemüht — earnestly desirous
- German: bedacht auf — earnestly desirous
- Greek: ανυπόμονος (anypómonos) — earnestly desirous
- Hungarian: nagyon akar/igyekszik/kíván — earnestly desirous
- Hungarian: alig vár — earnestly desirous
- Italian: ansioso — earnestly desirous
- Italian: bramoso — earnestly desirous
- Italian: impaziente — earnestly desirous
- Middle English: angwischous — earnestly desirous
- Portuguese: ansioso — earnestly desirous
- Romanian: nerăbdător — earnestly desirous
- Romanian: doritor — earnestly desirous
- Russian: стремя́щийся (stremjáščijsja) — earnestly desirous
- Spanish: ansioso — earnestly desirous
- Spanish: deseoso — earnestly desirous
- Turkish: istekli — earnestly desirous
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