anxious
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˈæŋkʃəs/
:
ansioso
- Because I'm really anxious now to get on the road.
- anxious to get
- anxious to secure
The brother or sister anxious to take our place.
- The brother or sister anxious to take our place.
- I was so anxious to do that shoot.
- You know what it means someone who is anxious who wants to get to it.
- And then you're getting anxious to start the planning right.
- So I was very anxious to read it cover to cover.
- All of us anxious to enact the power of our riches.
- And I'm, I'm anxious to see what the next one does.
- All of those unsexy conversations I'm, I'm anxious for.
- And I said, I'm so anxious for is it for my daughter to come?
Examples
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All right, I'm very anxious to see what happened here.
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I was anxious to get back to my drugs story.
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I was so anxious to do that shoot.
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So I was very anxious to read it cover to cover.
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And then in the third season, I was getting a little bit anxious to move on.
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Most candidates are quite anxious to know when they will hear back from a district.
Academic text (2015) -
I'm very anxious to see you.
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Mrs. Rutledge is very anxious to talk to you.
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You were anxious to talk to him, weren't you?
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I was very anxious to hear about the results of the competition.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling very happy and eager about something
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1.0
Wanting very much to do or have something and showing strong interest
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3.4
Wanting to begin right away
1
4.8
Very eager to do or know something
Antonyms
How Eager
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Anxious comes from the Latin word anxius, built on angere which means 'to choke' or 'to squeeze'. A helpful way to remember the first sense is to think of wanting something so strongly it feels tight in your chest, so anxious can mean 'very eager' for something to happen.