Synonym: agitated, concerned, desirous, eager, fearful, keen, troubled, uneasy, worried. Antonym: easy. Similar words: anxiety, obvious, various, curious, envious, dubious, previous, officious. Meaning: ['æŋkʃəs] adj. 1. eagerly desirous 2. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
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121. Anxious people can become acutely sensitized to their bodies, noticing and focussing on minor bodily changes.
122. I'm anxious for her to do as little as possible.
123. Developing countries which are anxious for hard currency can rarely afford to protect the environment.
124. She was anxious for me to unwrap the other gifts.
125. They are anxious to ensure the continuation of the economic reform programme.
126. He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.
127. The prime minister seemed anxious to avoid controversy about these appointments.
128. Both sides were anxious that the agreement should be signed as quickly as possible.
129. We had an anxious couple of weeks waiting for the test results.
130. The police are anxious to interview everyone concerned in last night's accident.
131. I am anxious not to build up false hopes .
132. Employers are anxious to retrieve the investment they have made in training their employees.
133. The company is anxious to play down the media hype.
134. The Prime Minister faces anxious hours before the votes are counted tomorrow night.
135. All the parties seem anxious to nail down a ceasefire.
136. We are very anxious to keep up the reputation of the firm.
137. We left early, anxious to make it back to Florence before/by sundown.
138. She was anxious to finish school and get a job.
139. The mayor and the city council are anxious to avoid getting entangled in the controversy.
140. Judging by the letters in the newspapers, one infers that many people are anxious to rush into print.
141. They are anxious to demonstrate to the voters that they have practical policies.
142. They are anxious that the new course should not be seen as a soft option.
143. There was an anxious moment when the plane suddenly dropped.
144. The villagers are anxious that their local school is kept open.
145. The new merchant class was anxious for acceptance by the old nobility.
146. We were anxious about the children's safety. It can also describe a person who always worries a lot:a very anxious parent. You can say that you are anxious to do sth when you want something very much(sentence dictionary), but do not use it when you are talking about something pleasant that you are looking forward to:I am anxious to find out what's happened.
147. Eleanor was now less anxious about her offspring than she had once been.
148. We were anxious to preserve the original character of the house.
149. The long wait for the doctor/to see the doctor really made me anxious.
150. The universities are anxious to preserve their autonomy from central government.
More similar words: anxiety, obvious, various, curious, envious, dubious, previous, officious, bumptious, vivacious, oblivious, obviously, ambitious, previously, mysterious, suspicious, pugnacious, loquacious, laboriously, subconsciously, consciousness, house, spouse, cousin, nervous, housing, warehouse, enormous, household, heinous.