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adjective

Anxious adj.

Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.

Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; applied to things; as, anxious labor. "The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares."

Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. "He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform." Note: Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude.

Synonyms: Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.

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"Anxious" Quotes from Famous Books

... nearer, turning her shoulder to the anxious lingerers, who involuntarily stepped back, leaving a cleared space ...

— The Danger Mark • Robert W. Chambers

... was a slight rustling noise, and a figure which had evidently followed him appeared at the end of the passage. It was that of a woman habited in a grayish dress and cloak of the same color; but as she passed across the band of moonlight he had a distinct view of her anxious, worried face. It was a face no longer young; it was worn with illness, but still replete with a delicacy and faded beauty so inconsistent with her avowed profession that he felt a sudden pang of pain and doubt. The next moment she had vanished in her ...

— Under the Redwoods • Bret Harte

... it, the Duke was anxious to set his hand to the work that he saw cut out for him on that big ranch. He was like a physician who had entered reluctantly into a case after other practitioners had left the patient in desperate condition. Every moment must be ...

— The Duke Of Chimney Butte • G. W. Ogden

... of leaf tobacco were more interested in leaf of this description than now; and some of them, more anxious than others, made liberal offers to any grower of tobacco who could ascertain how such tobacco could be obtained. It is hardly probable that any method of culture could be devised so as to obtain such leaf; it seems to be a freak of nature, depending somewhat on the soil as well ...

— Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce • E. R. Billings

... journey. In fact, it will be as well if you do not state your whereabouts to any persons other than your near relatives. Of course, all need for secrecy ceases with the appearance of your first article; but by that time you will practically be on your way home again. I am anxious to impress on you the importance of ...

— The Silent Barrier • Louis Tracy

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