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Traditional English :: anxious
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anxious.html - 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). anxiously adv. anxiousness n. [L anxius f. angere choke] |
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Traditional English :: anxious
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anxious.html - 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). anxiously adv. anxiousness n. [L anxius f. angere choke] |
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Traditional English :: anxiety
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anxious.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 the state of being anxious. 2 concern about an imminent danger, difficulty, etc. 3 (foll. by for, or to + infin.) anxious desire. 4 a thing that causes anxiety (my greatest anxiety is that I shall fall ill). 5 Psychol. a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness. [F anxiet or L anxietas -tatis (as ANXIOUS) ] |
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Traditional English :: anxious
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anxious.html - 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). anxiously adv. anxiousness n. [L anxius f. angere choke] |
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Traditional English :: anxiety
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anxious.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 the state of being anxious. 2 concern about an imminent danger, difficulty, etc. 3 (foll. by for, or to + infin.) anxious desire. 4 a thing that causes anxiety (my greatest anxiety is that I shall fall ill). 5 Psychol. a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness. [F anxiet or L anxietas -tatis (as ANXIOUS) ] |
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Traditional English :: anxious
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anxious.html - 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). anxiously adv. anxiousness n. [L anxius f. angere choke] |
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