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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'anxious' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions anxious adjective  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. --Milton. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. --Macaulay. Note: Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude. Translations:  Italian: ansioso, bramoso, impaziente (trans-mid) (trans-bottom) Spanish: ansioso, inquieto Etymology: Latin anxius, from angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. 'a`gchein to choke. See Anger.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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