Dictionary Entry
anxious
anxious is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor.
- 3adjective
Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
- 4adjective
eagerly desirous
"anxious to see the new show at the museum"
"dying to hear who won"
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- 5adjective
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"
"cast anxious glances behind her"
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