American English pronunciation
How to pronounce anxious
IPA transcription: ['æŋkʃəs]
Pronunciation variants: ['æŋkʃəs]['æŋʃəs]
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Adjective
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eagerly desirous
“anxious to see the new show at the museum”
“dying to hear who won”
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causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
“spent an anxious night waiting for the test results”
“cast anxious glances behind her”
“those nervous moments before takeoff”
“an unquiet mind”
Usage examples
- The Lakotas "... appeared anxious to join us".
- The merchant looked anxiously at the boy.
- I was either totally anxious or totally depressed.
- The merchant looked anxiously at the boy.
- The merchant looked anxiously at the boy.
- The merchant looked anxiously at the boy.
- The students in Berlin, however, were anxious and in a desperate situation.
- He appeared anxious to confide in me.
- I know you're anxious to make a train.
- The hours crept anxiously by: another evening came.