Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 41810 6910548 2009-06-30T14:05:30Z Chomin9710 224806 ==English== {{wikipedia|Anxiety}} {{webster 1913}} ===Etymology=== Latin ''[[anxius]]'', from {{term|angere||to cause pain, choke}}; akin to Greek {{attention|el|original script?}} 'a`gchein to choke. See [[anger]]. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|WEAE}} {{IPA|/ˈæŋˈʃəs/}} * {{audio|en-us-anxious.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj}} # Full of [[anxiety]] or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense;&mdash;applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle. # Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying;&mdash;applied to things; as, anxious labor. #: The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. -- [[w:John Milton|John 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. -- [[w:Thomas Babington Macaulay|Thomas Babington Macaulay]]. ====Usage notes==== * Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude. ====Synonyms==== * [[careful]] * [[concerned]] * [[disturbed]] * [[restless]] * [[solicitous]] * [[uneasy]] * [[unquiet]] * [[watchful]] ====Related terms==== * [[anger]] * [[anguish]] * [[anxiety]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|full of anxiety}} * Czech: [[úzkostný]] {{m}} * Danish: [[urolig]] * Dutch: {{t|nl|bezorgd}} * Italian: [[ansioso]] {{trans-mid}} * Old English: [[cearig|ċeariġ]] * Portuguese: [[ansioso]] {{m}}, [[ansiosa]] {{f}} * Spanish: [[ansioso]], [[inquieto]] * Swedish: [[orolig]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|accompanied with anxiety}} * Danish: [[urovækkende]] * Italian: [[preoccupante]] * Old English: [[cearig|ċeariġ]] {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: [[ansioso]] {{m}}, [[ansiosa]] {{f}} * Swedish: [[oroväckande]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|earnestly desirous}} * Danish: [[ivrig]] (efter), [[opsat]] (på), [[spændt]] (på) * French: [[désireux]] {{trans-mid}} * Italian: [[ansioso]], [[bramoso]], [[impaziente]] {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * Finnish: [[levoton]], [[huolestunut]], [[innokas]] {{trans-bottom}} ====External links==== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} <!-- material copied from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) --> [[et:anxious]] [[el:anxious]] [[fa:anxious]] [[fr:anxious]] [[gl:anxious]] [[io:anxious]] [[it:anxious]] [[kk:anxious]] [[ku:anxious]] [[hu:anxious]] [[ja:anxious]] [[pl:anxious]] [[pt:anxious]] [[fi:anxious]] [[ta:anxious]] [[te:anxious]] [[vi:anxious]] [[ko:anxious]]