Be+anxious
21anxious, eager — In careful use, anxious implies anxiety, worry, or uneasiness: The physician was anxious about the pulse rate of his patient. Eager means keenly desirous, wanting to : Bob was eager to see his old friend. Eager is rarely used where anxious is… …
22anxious*/ — [ˈæŋkʃəs] adj 1) worried because you think that something bad might happen His silence made me anxious.[/ex] We had an anxious few moments while the results were coming through.[/ex] People are naturally anxious about these tests.[/ex] 2) wanting …
23anxious — /ˈæŋʃəs / (say angshuhs), /ˈæŋk / (say angk ) adjective 1. full of anxiety or solicitude; greatly troubled or solicitous: to be anxious about someone s safety. 2. earnestly desirous: anxious to please; anxious for your safety. 3. attended with or …
24anxious seat — noun see anxious bench * * * 1. Also called anxious bench. Chiefly North Atlantic States and Southern and South Midland U.S. a seat reserved at a revival meeting for those troubled by conscience and eager for spiritual assistance. 2. a state of… …
25anxious — adjective /ˈæŋˈʃəs/ a) Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, especially respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; mdash;applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle. The sweet of… …
26anxious — anx•ious [[t]ˈæŋk ʃəs, ˈæŋ [/t]] adj. 1) full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; worried 2) earnestly desirous; eager 3) attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness: anxious forebodings[/ex] •… …
27anxious bench — noun or anxious seat 1. : a seat near the pulpit reserved at some revival meetings for persons especially concerned about their spiritual condition called also mourners bench 2. : a state of worry or anxiety caused by uncertainty everybody was… …
28anxious — adjective Etymology: Latin anxius; akin to Latin angere to strangle, distress more at anger Date: circa 1616 1. characterized by extreme uneasiness of mind or brooding fear about some contingency ; worried < anxious parents > 2 …
29anxious — Since anxious comes from anxiety, it should contain some connotation of being worried or fearful and not merely eager or expectant. You may be anxious to put some unpleasant task behind you, but unless you have some personal stake in it, you… …
30anxious — adj. 1 troubled; uneasy in the mind. 2 causing or marked by anxiety (an anxious moment). 3 (foll. by for, or to + infin.) earnestly or uneasily wanting or trying (anxious to please; anxious for you to succeed). Derivatives: anxiously adv.… …
